quatrain

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Literaturequatrainquat‧rain /ˈkwɒtreɪn $ ˈkwɑː-/ noun [countable] technical ALa group of four lines in a poemExamples from the Corpusquatrain• Housman's style is no less vulnerable to the distortions of the rhymed quatrain.• He uses rhymed quatrains in equivalence to the strophic pattern evident in Horace's poem.• The rhythm slows down in the second quatrain where the s sounds begin to accumulate.• Like the quatrain poems it is funny at the same time as serious.• The quatrain poems give the lie to that.• The quatrains follow the progress of a child from his fortuitous birth to his first conscious communication with others.Origin quatrain (1500-1600) French quatre “four”, from Latin quattuor

单词	quatrain
释义	quatrain From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Literaturequatrainquat‧rain /ˈkwɒtreɪn $ ˈkwɑː-/ noun [countable] technical ALa group of four lines in a poemExamples from the Corpusquatrain• Housman's style is no less vulnerable to the distortions of the rhymed quatrain.• He uses rhymed quatrains in equivalence to the strophic pattern evident in Horace's poem.• The rhythm slows down in the second quatrain where the s sounds begin to accumulate.• Like the quatrain poems it is funny at the same time as serious.• The quatrain poems give the lie to that.• The quatrains follow the progress of a child from his fortuitous birth to his first conscious communication with others.Origin quatrain (1500-1600) French quatre “four”, from Latin quattuor
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