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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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