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Definition
[n] a stanza of four lines
A stanza or poem consisting of four lines. In the basic form, Lines 2 and 4 must rhyme while having a similar number of syllables.
Example
The wind doth blow today, my love
And a few small drops of rain;
I never had but one true-love
In cold grave she was lain.
See Also...
elegiac stanza, heroic stanza, stanza
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