NES Elementary Reading Instruction 104 Practice Test

The type being described is defined by a 14-line structure made up of three four-line sections (quatrains) followed by a final two-line pair (the couplet). The Spenserian form fits this pattern exactly and is especially known for its interlocking rhyme scheme that links the quatrains together (ABAB BCBC CDCD EE). That linking feature helps distinguish it from other 14-line forms and matches the description of three quatrains plus a couplet.

For context, a haiku has three lines, a Petrarchan sonnet uses an octave plus a sestet, and a Shakespearean sonnet also has three quatrains plus a couplet but with a different overall rhyme pattern rather than the interlocking scheme seen in the Spenserian.