What does quatrain mean?
Quatrain means A poem in four lines..
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/ˈkwɒt.ɹeɪn/ · noun
A poem in four lines..
Example:
Awake! for Morning in the Bowl of Night,
Has flung the Stone that puts the stars to flight:
And Lo! the Hunter of the East has caught
The Sultan's Turret in a Noose of light.
The menu card was designed by Mr. Arthur Hacker, and further enriched by some charming verses in Omarian quatrains from Mr. Le Gallienne, who read them to a sympathetic audience.
Use quatrain when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Quatrain means A poem in four lines..
Common synonyms include tetrastich.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Example:
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