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A quatrain is a poem composed of two rhyming couplets, or a stanza
Stanza

In poetry, a stanza is a unit within a larger poem. In modern poetry, the term is often equivalent with strophe; in popular vocal music, a stanza is typically referred to as a "Verse " ....
 within a poem, that consists always of four lines. The rhyming patterns include aabb, abab, abba, abcb, aaba, or aaaa (and arguably abbb). it is linked into sonnets.

In its narrow meaning, the term is restricted to a complete poem consisting of only four lines. In its broader sense, it includes any one of many four-verse stanza
Stanza

In poetry, a stanza is a unit within a larger poem. In modern poetry, the term is often equivalent with strophe; in popular vocal music, a stanza is typically referred to as a "Verse " ....
 forms. In African poetry, it is the most common of all stanza forms.








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A quatrain is a poem composed of two rhyming couplets, or a stanza
Stanza

In poetry, a stanza is a unit within a larger poem. In modern poetry, the term is often equivalent with strophe; in popular vocal music, a stanza is typically referred to as a "Verse " ....
 within a poem, that consists always of four lines. The rhyming patterns include aabb, abab, abba, abcb, aaba, or aaaa (and arguably abbb). it is linked into sonnets.

In its narrow meaning, the term is restricted to a complete poem consisting of only four lines. In its broader sense, it includes any one of many four-verse stanza
Stanza

In poetry, a stanza is a unit within a larger poem. In modern poetry, the term is often equivalent with strophe; in popular vocal music, a stanza is typically referred to as a "Verse " ....
 forms. In African poetry, it is the most common of all stanza forms.

Basic forms


Other forms

  • The heroic stanza or elegiac stanza (iambic pentameter
    Iambic pentameter

    Iambic pentameter is a type of meter that is used in poetry and drama. It describes a particular rhythm that the words establish in each Line ....
    , rhyming ABAB or AABB; from Thomas Gray
    Thomas Gray

    Thomas Gray , was an England poet, classical scholar and professor at University of Cambridge....
    's "")
The Curfew tolls the knell of parting day,
The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea,
The plowman homeward plods his weary way,
And leaves the world to darkness and to me.


  • Shairi
    Shairi

    Shairi , also known as Rustavelian Quatrain, is a monorhymed quatrain used by Shota Rustaveli in the the Knight in the Panther's Skin.It consists of four 16-syllable lines, with a caesura between syllables eight and nine....
     (also known as Rustavelian Quatrain) is an aaaa rhyming form used mainly in The Knight in the Panther's Skin
    The Knight in the Panther's Skin

    The Knight in the Panther's Skin is an epic poem, consisting of over 1600 quatrains, was written in the 12th century by the Georgia epic-poet Shota Rustaveli, who was a Prince and Treasurer at the royal court of Tamar of Georgia....
    .


  • The Shichigon-zekku
    Shichigon-zekku

    Shichigon-zekku is the Japanese language term for a poetry verse form consisting of four phrases each seven Chinese characters in length.Shichigon-zekku are the most common form of classical Chinese poetry , and the standard form of shigin ....
     form used in Chinese
    Chinese language

    Chinese or the Sinitic language is a language family consisting of language mutually unintelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the two branches of Sino-Tibetan languages of languages....
     and Japanese
    Japanese language

    IPA: [n?iho?go] is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is related to the Ryukyuan languages....
     poetry. Both rhyme and rhythm are key elements, although the former is not restricted to falling at the end of the phrase.


  • Ballad
    Ballad

    A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative story and set to music. Ballads were characteristic of particularly British and Irish popular poetry and song from the later medieval period until the nineteenth century and used extensively across Europe and later north America, Australia and north Africa....
     meter (The examples from "The Unquiet Grave" and "The Wife of Usher's Well" are both examples of ballad meter.)
  • Decasyllabic quatrain
    Decasyllabic quatrain

    Decasyllabic quatrain is a term used for a poetry form in which each stanza consists of four lines of ten syllables each, usually with a rhyme scheme of AABB or ABAB....
     used by John Dryden
    John Dryden

    John Dryden was an influential English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who dominated the literary life of English Restoration to such a point that the period came to be known in literary circles as the Age of Dryden....
     in Annus Mirabilis
    Annus Mirabilis (poem)

    Annus Mirabilis is a poem written by John Dryden published in 1667. It commemorated 1665–1666, the "year of miracles" of London. Despite the poem's name, the year had been one of great tragedy, including the Great Fire of London....
    , William Davenant
    William Davenant

    Sir William Davenant , also spelled D'Avenant, was an England poet and playwright. Along with Thomas Killigrew, Davenant was one of the rare figures in English Renaissance theatre whose career spanned both the Literature in English#Caroline and Cromwellian literature and Literature in English#Restoration literature eras, and who was a...
     in Gondibert, and Thomas Gray
    Thomas Gray

    Thomas Gray , was an England poet, classical scholar and professor at University of Cambridge....
  • Various hymn
    Hymn

    A hymn is a type of song, usually religious, specifically written for the purpose of praise, adoration or prayer, and typically addressed to a deity/deities, a prominent figure or an epic tale....
    s employ specific forms, such as the common meter, long meter, and short meter.
  • The thirty syllable, Celtic verse form Englyn
    Englyn

    Englyn is a traditional Welsh language and Cornish language short poem form. It uses quantitative meter s, involving the counting of syllables, and rigid patterns of rhyme and half rhyme....
     from the Welsh language is another interesting variation of the quatrain, and is also now popular in the English language.


External links

  • : A Research Note by Dr Manouchehr Saadat Noury
    Saadat Noury

    Saadat Noury , also spelled as Saadat Nouri, is an Iranian author, a poet, and a journalist. His full name is ?????? ??? ?? ???? Manouchehr Saadat Noury ....
    .
  • Example of an Englyn
    Englyn

    Englyn is a traditional Welsh language and Cornish language short poem form. It uses quantitative meter s, involving the counting of syllables, and rigid patterns of rhyme and half rhyme....
     in its English language form