See The Quatrain That Started Nostradamus' Reputation as a Prophet for Nostradamus' most famous quatrain.
A stanza unit of four lines. In English poetry, the quatrain is the most common form of stanza. When rhymed, stanzas tend to fall into categories:
Quat"rain (?), n. [F., fr. quatre four, L. quattuor, quatuor. See Four.] Pros.
A stanza of four lines rhyming alternately.
Dryden.
© Webster 1913.
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