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octrain
Pronunciation: /ˈɒktreɪn/
noun
rare
A group or stanza of eight lines; an octet.
Origin
Early 19th century: from oct- + -rain, on the pattern of quatrain.
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It's far easier to create a quatrain
Four flows faster than eight, in the main.
But I suppose an octrain has its place
In the realm of poetic space.
It's just that I'm so used to four
That it is hard to write out more.
Now forcing through with number seven...
Making eight -- a struggle -- Is this heaven?
