A quatorzain (from Italian ''quattordici'' or
French ''quatorze'', fourteen) is a poem of fourteen lines. Historically the term has been used interchangeably with the term "
sonnet
A sonnet is a fixed poetic form with a structure traditionally consisting of fourteen lines adhering to a set Rhyme scheme, rhyming scheme. The term derives from the Italian word ''sonetto'' (, from the Latin word ''sonus'', ). Originating in ...
". Various writers have tried to draw distinctions between "true" sonnets and quatorzains. Nowadays the term is rarely used. When it is used, it is to distinguish fourteen-line poems that do not follow the various rules which describe the sonnet.
[Jones, Paul Anthony]
The Cabinet of Linguistic Curiosities
p.141. The University of Chicago Press. 2017.
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Fourteener
In the mountaineering parlance of the Western United States, a fourteener (also spelled 14er) is a mountain peak with an elevation of at least . The 96 fourteeners in the United States are all west of the Mississippi River. Colorado
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