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Sicilian Quatrain

Type:  

Structure, Metrical Requirement, Rhyme Scheme Requirement, Stanzaic

 
Description: 

Four-line stanzas of iambic pentameter rhymed abab.

 
Origin: 

Sicily

 
Schematic: 
Rhyme: abab
Line meter: xX xX xX xX xX
 
Rhythm/Stanza Length: 

4

 
Examples: 

 
See Also:  

Alternating Quatrain, Dorsimbra, Heroic Sonnet, Iambic Pentameter, Long Hymnal Stanza, Shakespearean Sonnet, Sicilian Octave, Sicilian Quintet, Sicilian Septet, Sicilian Sestet

 
Status: 

Incomplete

 
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