quatrain
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++quat·rain /ˈkwɒtreɪn $ ˈkwɑː-/ noun [countable] technical ALa group of four lines in a poem 四行诗节
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quatrain• Housman's style is no less vulnerable to the distortions of the rhymed quatrain.• He uses rhymed quatrains in equivalence to the strophic pattern evident in Horace's poem.• The rhythm slows down in the second quatrain where the s sounds begin to accumulate.• Like the quatrain poems it is funny at the same time as serious.• The quatrain poems give the lie to that.• The quatrains follow the progress of a child from his fortuitous birth to his first conscious communication with others.Origin quatrain (1500-1600) French quatre “four”, from Latin quattuorquat·rain nounChineseSyllable
group lines of poem a a in Corpus four
quatrain
quat‧rain /ˈkwɒtreɪn $ ˈkwɑː-/
noun [countable] technical
quat‧rain /ˈkwɒtreɪn $ ˈkwɑː-/
noun [countable] technical Date: 1500-1600
Language: French
Origin: quatre 'four', from Latin quattuor
a group of four lines in a poem
Language: French
Origin: quatre 'four', from Latin quattuor