elegiac quatrain.
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elegiac quatrain. — See heroic quatrain … Useful english dictionary
Quatrain — A quatrain is a poem, or a stanza within a poem, that consists always of four lines. It is the most common of all stanza forms in African poetry. The rhyming patterns include abb, abab, abba, abcb. In its narrow meaning, the term is restricted to … Wikipedia
elegiac stanza — a four line iambic pentameter stanza rhyming alternately. Also called heroic stanza. * * * ▪ poetry in poetry, a quatrain in iambic pentameter (iamb) with alternate lines rhyming. Though the older and more general term for this is heroic… … Universalium
elegiac stanza — noun a quatrain in iambic pentameter with abab rhyme scheme • Hypernyms: ↑quatrain … Useful english dictionary
heroic quatrain — Pros. a poetic stanza consisting of four lines of iambic pentameter rhyming alternately. Also called elegiac quatrain. * * * … Universalium
heroic quatrain — noun see heroic stanza * * * Pros. a poetic stanza consisting of four lines of iambic pentameter rhyming alternately. Also called elegiac quatrain … Useful english dictionary
Decasyllabic quatrain — is a term used for a poetic form in which each stanza consists of four lines of ten syllables each, usually with a rhyme scheme of AABB or ABAB. Examples of the decasyllabic quatrain in heroic couplets appear in some of the earliest texts in the… … Wikipedia
Poetry — This article is about the art form. For other uses, see Poetry (disambiguation). Literature Major forms Novel · Poem · Drama Short story · Novella … Wikipedia
List of literary terms — The following is a list of literary terms; that is, those words used in discussion, classification, criticism, and analysis of literature.: See also: Glossary of poetry terms, Literary criticism, Literary theory CompactTOC8 name=Contents… … Wikipedia
poetry — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Expression in poems Nouns 1. poetry, ars poetica, poesy, poeticism, poetics, metrics; balladry, the gay science; Muse, Calliope, Erato; versification, rhyming, prosody, orthometry, scansion. See writing … English dictionary for students
