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Q uatrain
   A poem or stanza that consists of four lines. Quatrains follow a variety of rhyme schemes. The most common rhymes schemes are abab, abba, or, abcb.

   (ex. William Wordsworth's "A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal" :

     "A slumber did my spirit seal;  A
       I had no human fears:  B
     She seemed a thing that could not feel  A
       The touch of earthly years"  B )

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