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Quatorzain

Type:  

Structure

 
Description: 

Any fourteen line poem or stanza other than the sonnet. Since the word is French and derived from quatorze (fourteen), We don’t know why sonnets are excluded. Maybe it’s because sonnets are Italian and used heavily by the English?

 
Origin: 

French

 
Schematic: 
varies
 
Rhythm/Stanza Length: 

14

 
Line/Poem Length: 

14

 
See Also:  

Blues Sonnet, Bref Double, Pleiadic, Quartina, Rondel Supreme, Scupham sonnet, Song That Luc Bat Sonnet, Terza Rima Sonnet

 
Status: 

Incomplete

 

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