alexandrine
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9.9
- noun
- /ˌælɪɡˈzændraɪn/
- Literature
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alexandrino
- The Spenserian solves the Monk's Tale stanza's problem of closure by adding to it a final line, an Alexandrine rhyming couplet-wise with its neighbor.
Examples
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They are only one line away from the scheme of the Spenserian stanza itself (they lack the final alexandrine).
Academic text (2005) -
The second calculates the location of the fissure in Alexandrine coordinates.
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He made a series of important scientific discoveries that laid the basis for the great achievements of the Alexandrine period of Greek science.
Blog text (33) -
This began with Writing Degree Zero, in which is imagined "the absence of every sign"; subsequently, a thousand affirmations incidental to this dream (apropos of the avant-garde text, of Japan, of music, of the alexandrine, etc.).
Academic text (2005) -
But if we concatenate lines one and two, we get something very near the rhyming, pentameter-alexandrine sequence a reader might recognize as the ending of the Spenserian stanza, and for which there are conventions for notation.
Academic text (2016) -
Whether the Spenserian stanza was borrowed from Chaucer by adding an Alexandrine to a Monk's Tale stanza, or whether it was a direct adaptation of ottava rima, is immaterial.
Academic text (2003) -
The poem concluded with a grand alexandrine, adding a lyrical rhythm to the final lines.
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Many French poets often use the alexandrine to create a musical quality in their verses.
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In her analysis, she explained how the alexandrine allows for a unique expression in poetry.
Synonyms
A line of six short and long beats used in ancient Latin plays
A single line of a poem with its own rhythm
How Long
- Literature
1
9.9
- Literature
- Literature
- Specialized
2
6.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Alexandrine comes from old French poems about Alexander the Great, where a long line of verse with 'twelve syllables' was often used. So people called that kind of line an alexandrin, and today an alexandrine means a long line of verse, usually made of twelve syllables.