1. Quatrains

2. Quatrain
The word quatrain comes from Latin and French words meaning "four." The quatrain is a poem or stanza of four lines. It is a very popular form of poetry. Famous poets like William Blake and T. S. Eliot used quatrains.

3. Quatrain
Rhyming Structure: Pattern 1: a b a b (Lines 1 and 3 rhyme, lines 2 and 4 rhyme)
Pattern 2: a b c b (Lines 2 and 4 rhyme)
Pattern 3: a a b a (Lines 1, 2 and 4 rhyme)
Pattern 4: a a b b (Lines 1 and 2 rhyme, lines 3 and 4 rhyme)

4. Quatrain
  The mountain frames the sky (a) As a shadow of an eagle flies by. (a) With clouds hanging at its edge (b) A climber proves his courage on its rocky ledge. (b)

5. Quatrain
The rushing ocean waves (a) Beat harshly on the sand. (b) They roar and crash and foam (c) As they break upon the land. (b)

6. What rhyme scheme is this example?
Quatrain
What rhyme scheme is this example?
Tyger! Tyger! burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry? - From William Blake's "The Tyger"

7. What rhyme scheme is this example?
Quatrain
What rhyme scheme is this example?
A rainbow plays in the water spray It hides in a chandelier. It always seems to find its way Through the glass when light is near.