alexandrine
alexandrine
Definition
al·ex·an·drine (al′ig zan′drin, -drēn′)
noun
Prosody an iambic line having normally six feet; iambic hexameter
Etymology: Fr alexandrin: so called from being used in OFr poems on Alexander (the Great)
adjective
of an alexandrine
alexandrine
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- use: Spenser used an alexandrine to end his modified form of ottava rima.
Modifies a noun
- couplet: Cutting across all this, and looping remorselessly into the footnotes and up again, the line-structure is one of common alexandrine couplets.
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