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Definition of alexandrine in English: alexandrineadjective ˌalɪɡˈzɑːndrɪnˌalɪɡˈzɑːndrʌɪn-ˌdrēn Prosody (of a line of verse) having six iambic feet. Example sentencesExamples - His poetic emblem books in particular, written in alexandrine verse and with a moralizing tone, brought him international renown.
- The polymath Anthony Burgess was on hand to supply the English subtitles, preserving the dialogue's alexandrine form.
- There are lots of interpolated stories here; there are episodes written in alexandrine verse; and there are enough characters to satisfy even the most hardened devotee of the serial genre.
- Racine wrote the play in Alexandrine verse.
- His earlier work tends to be written in traditional rhymed quatrains but, as he matured, he dropped the rhymes and worked in a freer but still basically alexandrine movement.
noun ˌalɪɡˈzɑːndrɪnˌalɪɡˈzɑːndrʌɪnˌaliɡˈzandrin usually alexandrinesProsody An alexandrine line. Example sentencesExamples - Queneau's Petite Cosmogonie portative, for example, is treated as an example of an Oulipian text although it predates the Oulipo, because it is written in alexandrines.
- Bénabou's list has 260 alexandrines, each one divided into hemistichs and printed in two columns.
- Julius Caesar, which Voltaire reworked in alexandrines, amplifies the patriotic and republican spirit of the Roman Emperor.
- The chief of the romances concerning him are the great French Roman d' Alexandre of the 12th century, of some 20,000 alexandrines, and the English King Alisaunder of the early 14th century, 8,000 octosyllabic verses.
- Valery adheres to a rhythm of alexandrines in stanza five, yet the lines do not progress in an even manner.
Origin Late 16th century: from French alexandrin, from Alexandre (see Alexander1), the subject of an Old French poem in this metre. Definition of alexandrine in US English: alexandrineadjective-ˌdrēn Prosody (of a line of verse) having six iambic feet. Example sentencesExamples - Racine wrote the play in Alexandrine verse.
- His poetic emblem books in particular, written in alexandrine verse and with a moralizing tone, brought him international renown.
- His earlier work tends to be written in traditional rhymed quatrains but, as he matured, he dropped the rhymes and worked in a freer but still basically alexandrine movement.
- The polymath Anthony Burgess was on hand to supply the English subtitles, preserving the dialogue's alexandrine form.
- There are lots of interpolated stories here; there are episodes written in alexandrine verse; and there are enough characters to satisfy even the most hardened devotee of the serial genre.
nounˌaliɡˈzandrin usually alexandrinesProsody An alexandrine line. Example sentencesExamples - Julius Caesar, which Voltaire reworked in alexandrines, amplifies the patriotic and republican spirit of the Roman Emperor.
- Bénabou's list has 260 alexandrines, each one divided into hemistichs and printed in two columns.
- Queneau's Petite Cosmogonie portative, for example, is treated as an example of an Oulipian text although it predates the Oulipo, because it is written in alexandrines.
- The chief of the romances concerning him are the great French Roman d' Alexandre of the 12th century, of some 20,000 alexandrines, and the English King Alisaunder of the early 14th century, 8,000 octosyllabic verses.
- Valery adheres to a rhythm of alexandrines in stanza five, yet the lines do not progress in an even manner.
Origin Late 16th century: from French alexandrin, from Alexandre (see Alexander), the subject of an Old French poem in this meter. |