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a couplet
In a Shakespearean sonnet, there are 3 quatrains
quatrains
A Shakespearean sonnet is made up of 3 quatrains, or a set of 4 lines, followed up with a couplet (2 lines.) An Italian or Petrarchan sonnet has the same total amount of lines (14) but is instead broken up into two quatrains and then two tercets (a set of 3 lines)
Three quatrains, one couplet. (3x4)+2=14
A ballad typically consists of four-line stanzas called quatrains. These quatrains often follow an ABAB rhyme scheme and help to establish the narrative structure of the ballad.
A Shakespearean sonnet consists of 3 quatrains (4-line stanzas) followed by a rhymed couplet (2-line stanza).
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Jean Berthet has written: '88 quatrains impertinents' 'ECHOGRAPHIES' 'Cent onze quatrains ... presque spirituels'
three quatrains and a couplet
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