Function: noun
Date: 1718
: a quatrain in iambic tetrameter in which the second and fourth lines and often the first and third lines rhyme ― called also long measure
Function: noun
Date: 1718
: a quatrain in iambic tetrameter in which the second and fourth lines and often the first and third lines rhyme ― called also long measure
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012