Alexandrine [
,ɑ:lig'zændrain]
alexandrine[ noun ]
(prosody) a line of verse that has six iambic feet
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Alexandrine \Al`ex*an"drine\ (?; 277), a.
Belonging to Alexandria; Alexandrian. --Bancroft.
Alexandrine \Al`ex*an"drine\, n. [F. alexandrin.]
A kind of verse consisting in English of twelve syllables.
The needless Alexandrine ends the song,
That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length
along. --Pope.
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