Types of Quatrain
In formal poetry, rhyme scheme rhyme scheme and meter define different types of quatrain. There are many types of quatrain, but the most common types include:
Ballad Stanza – Its rhyme scheme is abab with iambic tetrameter.
Envelope Stanza – Its rhyme scheme is abba with iambic tetrameter.
Goethe Stanza – Its rhyme scheme is abab but no meter.
Italian Quatrain – Its rhyme scheme is abba with iambic pentameter.
Hymnal Quatrain – This multi stanza contains three alternating rhymes with iambic trimester and iambic tetrameter. Rhyme scheme is a4 b3 c4 b3.
Elegiac Stanza – This uses abab rhyme scheme with iambic pentameter.
Memoriam Stanza – This uses abba rhyme scheme with iambic tetrameter.