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But a lot of people know four lines from Joan of Arc: her quatrain.
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Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 13 Dec. 2024
Most of the poems unfold in tight, jagged quatrains.
—Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024
Written as a series of poetic quatrains (stanzas of four lines each), Nostradamus organized his predictions into 10 groups of 100 quatrains (give or take).
—Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 25 Dec. 2023
The five-character quatrain, which rose to prominence during the Tang dynasty, has four lines consisting of five characters each.
—Olivia Wang, New York Times, 14 July 2023
This second quatrain shows the progress made by a model that has nearly finished its training.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Apr. 2020
The poem’s tercets evoke an uneasy balance, until the fourth stanza, where a quatrain appears, suspending time for just a little bit longer, like those who leaped from the burning floors.
—New York Times, 8 Sep. 2022
This week: Write a quatrain or — heck — two of Balliol rhyme about some person.
—Washington Post, 20 Feb. 2020
The three quatrains develop an idea or theme, and the final couplet puts forth a conclusion, a summary, an application, a narrowing of focus or even a surprise reversal.
—Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2019
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Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 13 Dec. 2024
Most of the poems unfold in tight, jagged quatrains.
—Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024
Written as a series of poetic quatrains (stanzas of four lines each), Nostradamus organized his predictions into 10 groups of 100 quatrains (give or take).
—Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 25 Dec. 2023
The five-character quatrain, which rose to prominence during the Tang dynasty, has four lines consisting of five characters each.
—Olivia Wang, New York Times, 14 July 2023
This second quatrain shows the progress made by a model that has nearly finished its training.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Apr. 2020
The poem’s tercets evoke an uneasy balance, until the fourth stanza, where a quatrain appears, suspending time for just a little bit longer, like those who leaped from the burning floors.
—New York Times, 8 Sep. 2022
This week: Write a quatrain or — heck — two of Balliol rhyme about some person.
—Washington Post, 20 Feb. 2020
The three quatrains develop an idea or theme, and the final couplet puts forth a conclusion, a summary, an application, a narrowing of focus or even a surprise reversal.
—Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2019
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“Quatrain.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quatrain. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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quatrain
noun
qua·train
ˈkwä-ˌtrān 
: a unit or group of four lines of verse
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