List: Quatern

Quatern

A Quatern is a sixteen line French form composed of four quatrains.
It has a refrain that is in a different place in each quatrain.
The first line of stanza one is the second line of stanza two, third line of stanza three, and fourth line of stanza four. A quatern has eight syllables per line.
It does not have to be iambic or follow a set rhyme
scheme.
S1 refrain is L1
S2 refrain is L2
S3 refrain is L3
S4 refrain is L4

• The Net

  The Net / Quatern

  21 lines, 16 comments, on Jun 25 10:30 AM 2007. In Thoughts, Life, Quatern
• Thirteen Swings

  Quatern with an internal rhyme

  19 lines, 40 comments, on Aug 13 9:44 AM 2007. In Dark
• Black and White

  Quatern
  

  21 lines, 17 comments, on Aug 25 8:03 PM 2007. In Love, Sad, Quatern
• The Well

  Quatern

  23 lines, 19 comments, on Sep 15 4:49 PM 2007. In Life, Quatern
• I Do Have a Home

  Quatern
  

  23 lines, 20 comments, on Oct 26 8:39 AM 2007. In Life, Society, Quatern
• The Good Old Days

  Quatern

  21 lines, 15 comments, on Nov 4 2:01 PM 2007. In Life, Thoughts, Quatern
• Believe in Faeries

  Quatern

  21 lines, 12 comments, on Nov 11 7:14 PM 2007. In Fantasy, Quatern
• Tiny Dancers

  Quatern

  22 lines, 12 comments, on Jun 23 11:15 PM. In Fantasy, Quatern
• Love Immortal

  Quatern
  

  19 lines, 16 comments, on Jul 1 11:55 AM. In Spiritual, Thoughts, Fantasy, Vampyres, Dark
• Connection

  Quatern

  19 lines, 18 comments, 1 day ago. In Personal, Pain, Thoughts

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