Quaternion (poetry)

Quaternion is a poetry style in which the theme is divided into four parts.

Each part of a quaternion explores the complementary natures of the theme or subject.

[1] The poem may be in any poetic form and 'offers poets the chance to experiment with varied rhetorical structures'.

[2] Anne Bradstreet, America's first significant poet, wrote four quaternions: Elizabeth Daryush, known for her syllabic verse, used the quaternion form in her poem "Accentedal".

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