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In poetry, a quatrain may be defined as a:

A. a poem consisting of fourteen lines

B. a poem consisting of seventeen syllables

C. a stanza consisting of four lines

D. the prologue to an epic

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C. a stanza consisting of four lines because of the prefixes such as quat and four 
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The best answer among the choices presented is option C. In poetry, a quatrain may be defined as a stanza or a complete poem consisting of four lines. Oftentimes, it has alternating rhymes in it. Examples are the poems "Lord of Deceit" and "Butterfly Pendant".

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