Editing Quatrain (section)

{{short description|Four-line poem or stanza}}
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A '''quatrain''' is a type of [[stanza]], or a complete [[poem]], consisting of four [[Line (poetry)|lines]].<ref name="literarydevices_net">{{cite web |title=Definition and Examples of Literary Terms |url=https://literarydevices.net/quatrain/ |website=Literary Devices |access-date=2 December 2020}}</ref>

Existing in a variety of forms, the quatrain appears in [[poem]]s from the poetic traditions of various ancient civilizations including [[Persia]], [[Ancient India]], [[Ancient Greece]], [[Ancient Rome]], and [[Classical Chinese poetry forms|China]], and continues into the 21st century,<ref name="literarydevices_net" /> where it is seen in works published in many languages. 

This form of poetry has been continually popular in [[Iran]] since the medieval period, as [[Ruba'i]]s form; an important faction of the vast repertoire of [[Persian language|Persian]] poetry, with famous poets such as [[Omar Khayyam]] and [[Mahsati Ganjavi]] of [[Seljuk Persia]] writing poetry only in this format.

Michel de Nostredame ([[Nostradamus]]) used the quatrain form to deliver his famous "[[Les Propheties|prophecies]]" in the 16th century.

There are fifteen possible [[rhyme scheme]]s, but the most traditional and common are [[Chain rhyme|ABAA]], [[Monorhyme|AAAA]], [[Rhyme scheme|ABAB]], and [[Enclosed rhyme|ABBA]].