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Quantitive Verse
Verse which, rather than on the syllabic count or accent, is based on time, or a systematic succession of long and short syllables. The unit of measure in quantitive verse is the mora. See metre.

Quatorzain
A fourteen line poem, or sonnet.

Quatrain
A four line stanza, strict in tetrameter, varied often by substitution, and rhymed abab. See example.

Quintet or Quintain
A five line stanza.



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