What do you mean by Quatrain ?
Correct answer: D. a stanza of four linesExplore Top Audiobooks
- A. a poem of fourteen lines
- B. a stanza of fourteen lines
- C. a stanza of six lines
- D. a stanza of four linesExplore Top Audiobooks
Explanation
A quatrain is a stanza made up of four lines, whether it rhymes or not. A fourteen-line poem is a sonnet, while a fourteen-line stanza is not the usual definition tested here.
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