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nouna stanza of four linestype of:
Definition that contains quatrain
- elizabethan sonnet a sonnet consisting three quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab cdcd efef gg
- spenserian sonnet a sonnet consisting of three quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab bcbd cdcd ee
- english sonnet a sonnet consisting three quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab cdcd efef gg
- heroic stanza a quatrain consisting of two heroic couplets written in an elevated style; the rhyme scheme is abab
- elegiac stanza a quatrain in iambic pentameter with abab rhyme scheme
- shakespearean sonnet a sonnet consisting three quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab cdcd efef gg