Talk:Decasyllabic quatrain

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Did you know... that a decasyllabic quatrain is a poetic form in which each stanza consists of four lines of ten syllables, usually with a rhyme scheme of AABB or ABAB?

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"...became fashionable in the 17th Century when it appeared in heroic poems by William Davenant, John Dryden, and Thomas Gray in the 18th Century."

Is it 17th or 18th? Merpin (talk) 17:17, 4 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

17th century for Davenant and Dryden; 18th century for Gray. perhpas a bit poorly worded:) Mrathel (talk) 17:43, 4 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I see that you added "usually" under the rhyme scheme; is that something you know that I don't?:) From what I understood from about 10 minutes of research, the form is very strict in its presentation. Saintsbury made it seem as though the poems were always ABAB and were , for lack of a better word, required to have a period at the end of each quatrain. Mrathel (talk) 17:46, 4 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Having come to grips with a better definition of the term, i have expanded the page to include other styles that meet the definition. I am going to continue to add others as well. Mrathel (talk)