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quatrain

[ kwo-treyn ]

noun

  1. a stanza or poem of four lines, usually with alternate rhymes.


quatrain

/ 藞办飞蓲迟谤别瑟苍 /

noun

  1. a stanza or poem of four lines, esp one having alternate rhymes
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of quatrain1

1575鈥85; < French, equivalent to quatre four (< Latin quattuor ) + -ain < Latin -腻苍耻蝉 -an
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of quatrain1

C16: from French, from quatre four, from Latin quattuor
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That, more than the quatrains of Omar Khayyam or the gorgeous rugs of Kerman, is the soft power that matters to Tehran.

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Carla, it turns out, is more interested in 鈥渁 muscular Argentine鈥 than quatrains.

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On 鈥淭hrow It Away,鈥 she distills the relationship鈥檚 collapse into an incredible little quatrain: 鈥淲e reached a ceiling/I had a feeling/From the beginning/Must be the ending.鈥

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In 鈥淎merica,鈥 he added, 鈥淚 had this wonderful quatrain that went: 鈥業 like to be in America/OK by me in America/Everything free in America/For a small fee in America.鈥

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A sassy flute tauntingly hovers over things, and Musgraves鈥檚 first verse begins with a vicious quatrain that captures the fracture in a nutshell:

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