quatrain
a stanza or poem of four lines, usually with alternate rhymes.
Origin of quatrain
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How to use quatrain in a sentence
Who was the most erotic poet of the late Renaissance and early Baroque, when the quatrain reached its courtly zenith?
Sor Juana: Mexico’s Most Erotic Poet and Its Most Dangerous Nun | Katie Baker | November 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe commonest stanza is a quatrain consisting of four heptasyllabic lines with the rhyme at the end of the couplet.
Ancient Irish Poetry | VariousDon Tiburcio converted into a quatrain—two feet, one longer than the other, between two crutches!
The Reign of Greed | Jose RizalA stanza of two lines is called a couplet; of three lines, a triplet; of four lines, a quatrain.
Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism | F. V. N. PainterIt is divided into two parts: the first consisting of an octave or double quatrain, and the other of a sestet.
Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism | F. V. N. Painter
The parodist who wrote the following newspaper quatrain was no enemy of the automobile in spite of his cynicism.
The Automobilist Abroad | M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield
British Dictionary definitions for quatrain
/ (ˈkwɒtreɪn) /
a stanza or poem of four lines, esp one having alternate rhymes
Origin of quatrain
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