The Quatern consists of four four-line stanzas. As is common with French forms there is a refrain, but unusually no rhyme scheme is specified. Typical of French poetry it consists of eight-syllable lines and no meter is specified.
The Refrain is the first line of the first stanza, which becomes the second line of the second stanza, the third line of the third stanza, and the last line of the last stanza.
Example
In The Darkness by Terry Clitheroe
In the darkness I find my fear
Feeling, hearing every sound
Lying here powerless to fight
Totally aware of the dark.
Then I feel the first sharp bite
In the darkness I find my fear
The sensation the acid burns
Feeling, hearing every sound.
I feel them everywhere now
Penetrated a million times
In the darkness I find my fear
Voracious appetites I feed.
My body now a piece of meat
In the darkness I find my fear,
Feeling, hearing every sound
In the darkness I find my fear
Jezzie G 
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