HyperDic: quatrain

English > 1 sense of the word quatrain:
NOUNcommunicationquatraina stanza of four lines
English > quatrain: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
MeaningA stanza of four lines.
Narrowerelegiac stanzaA quatrain in iambic pentameter with abab rhyme scheme
heroic stanzaA quatrain consisting of two heroic couplets written in an elevated style
BroaderstanzaA fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem
Spanishcuarteta, cuarteto
Catalanquartet

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