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Quatrains

Type:  

Structure, Stanzaic

 
Description: 

Four line verses, often in a rhyme scheme of abcb.

 
Schematic: 
Varies.
 
Rhythm/Stanza Length: 

4

 
Examples: 

 
 
 
See Also:  

Alternating Quatrain, Ballad Measure, Common Measure, Curtal Quatrain, Hymnal Stanza, Kyrielle, Quatern, Quaternion, Retourne, Tetrastich

 
Status: 

Incomplete

 

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