Quatern
Type: | | Structure, Metrical Requirement, Repetitive
Requirement | |
Description: | | A poem of sixteen octosyllabic lines grouped into quatrains
with a falling refrain. There is no set rhyme pattern. | |
Origin: | | French | |
Schematic: | | Rxxx xRxx xxRx xxxR | |
Rhythm/Stanza Length: | | 4 | |
Line/Poem Length: | | 16 | |
Examples: | | | |
See Also: | | Kyrielle, Pantoum, Quaternion, Quatrains, Redondilla, Retourne, Than-Bauk | |
Status: | | Incomplete | |
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