Quatrain in summer

Definition of Quatrain

A quatrain is a stanza in a poem that has exactly four lines. Some quatrains comprise entire poems, while others are part of a larger structure. Quatrains usually use some form of rhyme scheme, especially the following forms: AAAA, AABB, ABAB, and ABBA. Lines in quatrain can be any length and with any meter, but there is usually a regular rhythm to the lines as well. There are examples of quatrains in many eras and cultures, from Ancient Greece and China to Renaissance England and Iran to contemporary literature.

Though there are quatrain examples from around the world, the word quatrain that we use in English comes from French word for four, quatre. This, in turn, comes from Latin quattuor. Thus, the definition of quatrain most certainly existed before the word that

 

 

So mine is not actually a quatrain according to  the above.It’s a half quatrain!

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Oh,when the trees are fresh and green
We’ll lie down in the grass.
We’ll put our noses in the flowers
And so the hours will pass.

I love you once,I love you twice
I love you four and five.
My love is bigger than the moon
And wider than your eyes.

I’ll come with  you to the church one day
And then we shall be wed
But until that day we shall stay chaste
When wed , we’ll go to bed.

I’ll love you once,I’ll love you twice
I’ll love you three and four.
And when I’ve loved  you all night long
I think I’ll love you more

 

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