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Alexandrine a La Thomas Wyatt

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Thomas Wyatt's poulter's measure is an alexandrine couplet form p(couplets of 12 syllables,alternating with 14,often used for serious statements or for burlesque.

Experience overrules prescription of form when euphony carries off a poem beyond the norm

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