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QUATRAINS
This type of poetry always has four lines and rhymes in one of four ways. Poets
use letters to show the pattern of rhyme. The four types of rhyme for a quatrain
are: AABB, ABAB, ABBA, and ABCB.
Write the type of quatrain next to the samples below.
(Source: Ms. Cavanaugh's Enrichment Classes
DOROTHY C. GOODWIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL)
DIVING
I pushed with my arms,
I kicked with my feet,
until I found out
the water's only two feet deep!
by Angelica 4 T/W
Emily
Emily is very nice
she also likes to roll the dice
Emily has Sophia as a friend
she likes to bend
by Rachel 3 T/W
Summer
The summer has a nice blue sky
The grass is very green
The beautiful birds go flying by
Summer is so keen
by Susana 3A
HORSES
Riding on swift horses
Gently, smoothly, through the breeze
Turning, ducking, like the bees
Riding through tricky courses.
by Carolyn
Exercise 1 on Quatrain rhymes schemes
In the space provided at right, write a two stanza poem (2 full quatrains of the type of your choice in response to one of the photos below.
The Unappreciated Life
of Clara Schumann
Mary Cassatt
(Impressions of a woodlandstream)
The Babe Bows Out
(His last walk before the crowd)
