The owl flew ‘cross the harvest moon,
his silhouette so sharp and clear
above the woods so stark and drear,
against a golden night balloon.
Below, in burrows long and deep,
safe from the dangers overhead
of preying flight or padded tread,
small furry families fast asleep.
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Author Notes
A Quatrain is a poem consisting of four lines of verse with a specific rhyming scheme.
A few examples of a quatrain rhyming scheme are as follows:
#1) abab
#2) abba -- envelope rhyme
#3) aabb
#4) aaba, bbcb, ccdc, dddd -- chain rhyme
A quatrain is a four-line stanza of poetry. It can be a single four-line stanza, meaning that it is a stand-alone poem of four lines, or it can be a four-line stanza that makes up part of a longer poem.
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