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quatrain::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | stanza |
| Has types | elegiac stanza, heroic stanza |
Examples of quatrain
quatrain
Each quatrain follows an ABAB rhyme scheme referred to as a decasyllabic quatrain.
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In the last quatrain of his sixth century he specifically attacks astrologers.
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Four columns in cursive script quatrain poem, Quatrain on Heavenly Mountain.
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Such outrageous language is that of the eighty-first quatrain for instance.
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Hence, a quatrain formed of heroic couplets would have a scheme of AABB.
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As most explicitly noted by the first quatrain, the poem was originally intended to be sung.
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An excellent merlot, a Bordeaux-style oculus and other blends such as compendium and quatrain.
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The third quatrain is written with an economy intended to capture the simplicity the narrator sees in Lucy.
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The normal rhyme scheme is changed by repeating the b of quatrain one in quatrain three where the f should be.
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- A stanza of four lines
- A quatrain is a stanza or poem consisting of four lines. Existing in various forms, the quatrain appears in poems from ancient civilizations including Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome and continues into the 21st century where it is seen in works published in several languages. ...
- A four-line stanza which may be rhymed or unrhymed. A heroic quatrain is a four line stanza rhymed abab. ...
- A stanza consisting of four lines, usually coupled with other quatrains or fixed-line stanzas. The lines usually contain the same number of metrical feet, and may or may not employ rhyming patterns.
- Also sometimes used interchangeably with "stave," a quatrain is a stanza of four lines, often rhyming in an ABAB pattern. Three quatrains form the main body of a Shakespearean or English sonnet along with a final couplet. See sonnet and rubaiyat.
- A four-line stanza. Quatrains are the most common stanzaic form in the English language, having various meters and rhyme schemes.
- A stanza / group of 4 lines usually with alternate rhymes
- A four line stanza (usually rhyming). Lines can be any length and measure.
- Poetry form in which each stanza consists of four lines and rhymes alternately.
