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forever sweetheart Quatern

One autumn day in September
A hot date I will remember
For on that date, I met my fate
I knew then she was my soul mate

I knew soon she would be my mate
One autumn day in September
I had dreamt of meeting her
I became her love connoisseur

when she entered into my life
I soon asked her to become my wife
One autumn day in September
We married in late December

When we met sparks flew from heart to heart
We vowed to never be apart
Would always be each other sweetheart
Oone autumn day in September


The Quatern is an ancient French form consisting of four quatrains, rhymed or not, with a shifting refrain, as described and demonstrated in the following links:

https://www.poetrymagnumopus.com/topic/704-the-quatern/

The Quatern (Latin = 4 each) is a French verse form, possibly from the Middle Ages since it is so close to the Retourne and Kyrielle which also came from that period. The Quatern like so many other French forms employs a refrain. The defining feature is the movement of the refrain within the quatrain from stanza to stanza.
The elements of the Quatern are:
1. a verse form, written in 4 quatrains.
2. syllabic, usually written in lines of 8 syllables.
3. rhymed at the poet's discretion. Possible rhyme schemes are Axax xAxa axAx xaxA x being unrhymed and the cap A being the refrain. Or Aabb aAcc ddAa eeaA or any combination the poet chooses as long as the refrain is in the proper position.
4. composed with a kind of rolling refrain that is repeated as
L1 of the first stanza
L2 of the second stanza
L3 of the third stanza
L4 of the fourth stanza

A a b b
a A c c
d d A a
e e a A
or
A x a x
x A x a
a x A x
x a x A . . x being unrhymed