四行連
iambic pentameter(弱強五歩格)で書かれ、押韻構成は「abab」)
The Curfew tolls the knell of parting day,
The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea,
The plowman homeward plods his weary way,
And leaves the world to darkness and to me.
-- トマス・グレイ『墓畔の哀歌』Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard