Quatrain

created by Webster 1913
(thing) by ivan37 (10.7 mon) (print)   (I like it!) 1 C! Wed Oct 04 2000 at 22:53:44
Nostradamus wrote 1,000 quatrains (100 quatrains * 10 centuries ). Each quatrain is a four line poem predicting the future.

See The Quatrain That Started Nostradamus' Reputation as a Prophet for Nostradamus' most famous quatrain.

(idea) by m_turner (1.9 y) (print)   (I like it!) Sat Oct 21 2000 at 22:35:04

A stanza unit of four lines. In English poetry, the quatrain is the most common form of stanza. When rhymed, stanzas tend to fall into categories:

(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:25:29

Quat"rain (?), n. [F., fr. quatre four, L. quattuor, quatuor. See Four.] Pros.

A stanza of four lines rhyming alternately.

Dryden.

 

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