Lexicographical Neighbors of Huitains
Literary usage of Huitains
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of American Folk-lore by American Folklore Society (1920)
"huitains: nos i, io, il, 41 et 43. Strophes de deux vers: nos 2, 21, 38, 40 et 43.
Strophes de un vers, avec refrain: nos 23, 27 et 31. ..."
2. Books and Bookmen by Andrew Lang (1887)
"Yet this Homer is less valued than the tiny octavo which contains the ballades
and huitains of the scamp Francois Villon ..."
3. A Short History of French Literature: (from the Earliest Texts to the Close by George Saintsbury (1901)
"With Marot and Saint Gelais the introduction of less formal patterns, dizains,
huitains, etc., had had the additional drawback of making the individual ..."
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