quatrain
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French quatrain.
Pronunciation
Noun
quatrain (plural quatrains)
- A poem in four lines.
- A stanza of 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.
- 1894 December 26, The Sketch, London, page 396, column 1:
- 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.
Synonyms
- (four-line stanza): tetrastich
Translations
a stanza of four lines
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See also
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
quatrain m (plural quatrains)
- quatrain (stanza of four lines)
Further reading
- “quatrain”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.