Quatrains
Quatrains
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Eveningby Robert Frost
Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.
He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound’s the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.
The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
Do you notice anything in particular about the lines in the poem above? Some of them rhyme. Some of them are repeated. All of them are written in groups of four.
In a poem, a group of four lines is called a quatrain. The quatrain is one of the most popular ways to group lines in poetry.
Watch the video below to learn more about quatrains, including the different forms of the quatrain.
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