noun
- a stanza or poem consisting of four lines, usually with a rhyme scheme
Usage: poetry
Examples
- The poet wrote a beautiful quatrain about the changing seasons.
- Each quatrain in the song followed an ABAB rhyme scheme.
- Shakespeare’s sonnets are composed of three quatrains and a couplet.
- The children learned to write simple quatrains in their poetry class.
- The ballad consisted of several quatrains telling an ancient story.
- Her favorite quatrain captured the essence of summer perfectly.