quatrain

The definition of a quatrain is a group of four lines in a poem.

(noun)

An example of a quatrain is a stanza in a poem.

See quatrain in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a stanza or poem of four lines, often rhyming abab, abba, or abcb

Origin: Fr < quatre < L quattuor, four

See quatrain in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A stanza or poem of four lines.

Origin:

Origin: French

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from quatre, four

Origin: , from Latin quattuor; see k^wetwer- in Indo-European roots

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