The word quatrain comes from Latin and it means four. From Wordnik.com. [A Quatrain in the afternoon] Reference
I was inclined to follow the more familiar term quatrain straight ahead until I caught the "sextrain" but no such luck. From Wordnik.com. [The Sestet and the Sextrain | miscellani.org] Reference
The meaning of that quatrain is clearer than the first lines of the poem: “The bottoms of autumn/Wear diamonds of frost.”. From Wordnik.com. [2008 November 01 « One-Minute Book Reviews] Reference
To be certain the quatrain was his, Nostradamus wants to induce his memory, and asks your help in preparing a medicine. From Wordnik.com. [Gamezebo: Casual Game Reviews, Previews, Cheats, Tips, Forums, Free Games, and More] Reference
In the third stanza, I consider the middle quatrain, that is, the four lines beginning “Out of this world,” perfectly grand. From Wordnik.com. [England's Antiphon]
The quatrain cited above appears in Reid as follows. From Wordnik.com. [Paul Gerhardt as a Hymn Writer and his Influence on English Hymnody] Reference
What then follows is a third quatrain in lines 10-13. From Wordnik.com. [Shakespeare]
The idea of the last quatrain is also very effective. From Wordnik.com. [Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American] Reference
Bishop Ryle has altered the last quatrain to this form. From Wordnik.com. [Paul Gerhardt as a Hymn Writer and his Influence on English Hymnody] Reference
Beneath each engraving is a rhyming and punning quatrain. From Wordnik.com. [The Book-Hunter at Home] Reference
The aspiration expressed in the old quatrain is fulfilled. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile] Reference
No sooner had Waller read it than the quatrain of Old Billy. From Wordnik.com. [The Dead Men's Song Being the Story of a Poem and a Reminiscent Sketch of its Author Young Ewing Allison] Reference
How he had pondered over the quatrain, chiseled in the stone. From Wordnik.com. [Old Valentines A Love Story] Reference
How come everything you write sounds like a Nostradamus quatrain?. From Wordnik.com. [News Orgs Instantly Project Big Win For Hillary In West Virginia] Reference
Spenser -- a double quatrain of 5-stress lines plus an alexandrine. From Wordnik.com. [The Principles of English Versification] Reference
Stanza 6 is reminiscent of the beautiful English quatrain beginning. From Wordnik.com. [Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series] Reference
In substituting the decasyllabic quatrain for the triple rhyme of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867] Reference
The first quatrain expresses the poet's dismay at lack of worldly success. From Wordnik.com. [Shakespeare]
Three quatrains (rhymed abab cdcd efef) lead on to the final quatrain (gg). From Wordnik.com. [Shakespeare]
Apropos of this, a joyous rhymester of the time made the following quatrain. From Wordnik.com. [Royal Palaces and Parks of France] Reference
Sofi answered him with an Arabian quatrain, of which this is the meaning. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 48, October, 1861] Reference
The following quatrain, whose author is anonymous, dates back three centuries. From Wordnik.com. [Henry J. Stern: Shameful, Not Criminal] Reference
“I was composing a quatrain about the end of the world,” Nostradamus whined. From Wordnik.com. [Nostradamus Crosses a Bridge that is Yet to be Built.] Reference
The second last thing he wanted was to compose a quatrain about the end of the world. From Wordnik.com. [Nostradamus Crosses a Bridge that is Yet to be Built.] Reference
His favorite poem is "A frog he would a-wooing go," -- especially the first quatrain. From Wordnik.com. [By the Christmas Fire] Reference
She was unacquainted with the healthy tone of wisdom contained in the old quatrain. From Wordnik.com. [She and I, Volume 1] Reference
As in sonnet 7, Shakespeare carefully marshals the resources of the four-line quatrain. From Wordnik.com. [Shakespeare]
Being much beloved in the district of his home, some one was inspired to write the quatrain. From Wordnik.com. [The Cornwall Coast] Reference
In quatrain two, he visualizes the searchlights and explosions that made the night sky into day. From Wordnik.com. [Rochelle Jewel Shapiro: The Historical Psychic] Reference
The first quatrain says: Remember me when I am gone and we can no longer meet and part as in life. From Wordnik.com. [The Principles of English Versification] Reference
Po Chu-i, another 8th century Zen poet wrote the following quatrain-confession, entitled "Idle Droning". From Wordnik.com. [Poetry: a Zen Sin?] Reference
The first quatrain, introduced by the vocative 'Lo!' so expressive of wonder and worship, moves with assurance and calm. From Wordnik.com. [Shakespeare]
My father, who died a decade ago, adored Edward Fitzgerald's translation of the Rubaiyat -- this quatrain in particular. From Wordnik.com. [Peter Daou: Death] Reference
The same is true in the first quatrain of Baker's stanza 3, with the idea of the word "indigno" above brought into these later lines. From Wordnik.com. [Paul Gerhardt as a Hymn Writer and his Influence on English Hymnody] Reference
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