List: ♣ :: Form - Quatern

A Quatern is a sixteen line French form composed of four quatrains. It is similar to the Kyrielle and the Retourne. 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.

line 1
line 2
line 3
line 4

line 5
line 6 (line 1)
line 7
line 8

line 9
line 10
line 11 (line 1)
line 12

line 13
line 14
line 15
line 16 (line 1)

• Hold me tightly

  19 lines, 7 comments, on Sep 30 6:09 AM 2007. In Adult, Erotica, Quatern
• In Memory of Robert 'Aussie' Austin

  18 lines, 6 comments, on Oct 9 10:56 PM 2007. In Quatern, noguest
• Ms Bubbles

  19 lines, 9 comments, on Nov 1 11:38 PM 2007. In Quatern
• The First Time, The Last Time

  19 lines, 6 comments, on May 25 6:20 AM. In Quatern, Abuse, Noguest
• If I Could Turn Back Time

  18 lines, 7 comments, on Jun 12 7:49 PM. In Personal, Quatern, Love, Sad, Noguest
• Destiny wants me to suffer

  19 lines, 16 comments, on Jul 18 11:33 PM. In Love, Angst, Pain, Personal, Sad, Quatern, Noguest
• I Win

  19 lines, 9 comments, on Jul 20 7:03 AM. In Quatern, Personal, Life, Sad, Hope, Pain, Lost in thought, Noguest

• right now

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