Al|ex|an|drine

Al|ex|an|drine
al|ex|an|drine or Al|ex|an|drine «AL ihg ZAN drihn, -ZAHN-; also British AL ihg ZAHN dryn», noun, adjective.
–n.
a line of verse having six iambic feet, with a caesura (pause) after the third foot. Example:
“He seeks´/out might´/y charms´, /
to trou´/ble sleep´/y minds´.” /
–adj.
of such a line or such poetry.
╂[< French alexandrin (because this meter was used in Old French poems on Alexander the Great)]
Usage Alexandrine is the usual French heroic verse and is used in English to vary the usual heroic verse of five feet.

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