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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.

Alexandrine a La Thomas Wyatt

Experience overrules prescription of form

when euphony carries off a poem beyond the norm
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