noun
also long measure
: a quatrain in iambic tetrameter lines with the second and fourth lines rhyming and often the first and third lines rhyming — compare ballad meter
noun
also long measure
: a quatrain in iambic tetrameter lines with the second and fourth lines rhyming and often the first and third lines rhyming — compare ballad meter
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012