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alexandrine

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al·ex·an·drine also Al·ex·an·drine  (lg-zndrn)
n.
1. A line of English verse composed in iambic hexameter, usually with a caesura after the third foot.
2. A line of French verse consisting of 12 syllables with a caesura usually falling after the sixth syllable.
adj.
Characterized by or composed in either of these meters.
[French alexandrin, from Old French, from Alexandre, title of a romance about Alexander the Great that was written in this meter.]
Alexandrine
an iambic hexameter, or iambic verse with six feet.
See also: Verse
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Noun1.Alexandrine - (prosody) a line of verse that has six iambic feet
metrics, prosody - the study of poetic meter and the art of versification
line of poetry, line of verse - a single line of words in a poem


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Conceivable the collection was arranged in the Alexandrine period.
Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context
, and in the last line the iambic pentameter gives place to an Alexandrine (an iambic hexameter).
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
There was the Odeon quite near them, and Philip soon shared his friend's passion for the tragedians of Louis XIV and the sonorous Alexandrine.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
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