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Thomas Wyatt(1503-42) used over 70 different stanza forms,but now is best known for this poulter's measure form(couplets of 12 syllables,alternating with 14,often used for serious statements or for burlesque. I label this quatrain version a 'wyatt'

Wyatt's alexandrine combined a rhyming fourteen To introduce a novel verse,to the poetry scene; For we poets he bequeathed this literary treasure In couplet of iambs,some christen a 'poulter's measure'.

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