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Stanzas of 4 lines are called Quatrains from the French word quatre meaning four. Quatrains are often used in poetry to create structure and rhythm, and they are a popular form for many poets. Here are a few examples of poems with quatrains.
- Hope Is The Thing With Feathers
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- If You See My Dad In Heaven
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- In Good Time
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- A Psalm of Life
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- Hope Is The Thing With Feathers
Quatrain poems often tell a story, but numerous lyric poets have drawn on the power of the four-line stanza to express their personal thoughts and feelings, too. Let’s take a look at some of the best examples of quatrain poems in the English language, spanning almost half a millennium.
Discover the properties of quatrain poems, including the number of lines in a quatrain. Also, explore the rhyming style of these poems, including the AABB rhyming system and the ABAB rhyming...
24 cze 2020 · Use quatrain examples from famous poems to learn about the four-line stanza and its different rhyme schemes.
Quatrain Example 1. Emily Dickinson’s poem 239, like many of her poems, is composed of quatrains: “Heaven”—is what I cannot reach! The Apple on the Tree— Provided it do hopeless—hang— That—”He aven” is—to Me!” Quatrain Example 2. A quatrain from Robert Frost’s famous poem, “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”:
Quatrain poems are a popular and versatile verse form, consisting of four-line stanzas. These poems can have various rhyme schemes, with common patterns being AABB, ABAB, or ABBA. Quatrain poems give poets a concise structure to express their thoughts and emotions.
About Quatrain. A stanza of four lines, especially one having alternate rhymes. Quatrain featured in the Archive. Poem Albatross. by Laura Mucha. 0:46 listening time. Listen now. ... We’re always adding to the Poetry Archive so sign up to our newsletter to keep up to date with the latest uploaded work by poets and our special collections.