The Quatern - the Quatern Style
~The Quatern~
(Quatern)
Quatern is fine French form to write
Do it in 4 lines, total of 16
Similar to the Kyrielle
And the French Retourne forms you see.
It has refrain,in each quatrain
Quatern is fine French form to write
All written in 4 quatrains too
Quaterns done in 8 syllables.
First line of stanza one is line 2
In quatrain 2, line third of next
Quatern is fine French form to write
Just like this example done here
And last but not least is refrain
Placed in line fourth of last quatrain
No Iambs, doesn't have to rhyme. It's easy!
Quatern is fine French form to write.
Dorian Petersen Potter
aka ladydp2000
copyright@2015
July.05.2016
~Author's Notes:
The "Quatern" is a French poetic form or style that incorporates a refrain like in the Villanelle and eight-syllable lines like in the Kyrielle.
Copyright © Dorian Petersen Potter | Year Posted 2016
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