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Alexandrine is a form of French poetry consisting of a line of 12 syllables with major stresses on the 6th syllable and last syllable, but there is more. What is alexandrine in poetry (complete definition)?

Premium Member Duality
Duality in life goes hand in hand, we see, With sorrow and with joy, a dance eternally. For happiness and grief, they overshadow each, In life’s grand tapestry, they teach each other. Duality in nature...Read the rest...
Categories: perspective,
Form: Alexandrine



Premium Member Ode to my dad on his 74th birthday
Hungarious herbanamed hairchinned humanoid! This tungstanesk triumph – to some thanatoid… Mathematicos marvel: mention “nontotiet!” But Basil-based bullters bothered? Outbleat??? For functioning fully at family functions, requires restrained raconteurial unctions. Propensities/properties you outpossess. injurious idiot’s ill-conceived jest… No! Never negating nine-tenths of nonplussed, because...Read the rest...
Categories: birthday,
Form: Alexandrine
Premium Member For the Love of Nectar
Sunflowers sway and dance in the stiff offshore breeze. A mere streak of sunburst, they turn heads towards Sun. Gold is colour of joy and gives a nod to wealth. A sugarbird has joined, because the nectar called. A...Read the rest...
Categories: analogy, bird, love,
Form: Alexandrine
Premium Member I Remember
Natural I remember my dad, oh, he was a fine man, and he loved my mom so, they loved all the children so much. I adored mom's touch and her sweet hugs each day. We had a cat...Read the rest...
Categories: family, love, me, nostalgia,
Form: Alexandrine
Premium Member SOCCER EPITAPH alexandrine
If a reactive ,possession style is proclaimed it is vital to win the final football trophy game ...Read the rest...
Categories: football, philosophy,
Form: Alexandrine



Premium Member Purloined Party Favors
Natural The party was well planned. Fun and games would be had. Mom spent many long days making candy goodies for bro's special day. Finally, the day came. Outside, my brother's friends...Read the rest...
Categories: childhood, memory,
Form: Alexandrine
Premium Member Mary Had A Little Lamb
Natural Mary had a little lamb--followed where she ... go. Wherever she went, the lamb followed, but school, uh-uh--teacher said, "Just you Mary, no lamb in school." The lamb waited uphill as the school went on...Read the rest...
Categories: analogy, nursery rhyme,
Form: Alexandrine
Premium Member Trending On PoetrySoup
Natural I shared with fellow soupers, of their poems, showed superbly higher levels of reads caused by Google's Trending searches, on top where their search box is propped for quick and easy viewing. Google readers queue...Read the rest...
Categories: analogy,
Form: Alexandrine
Premium Member The NV of Poetry
Natural Amongst fineries, placed his book being displayed, and yonder aloft walls, enlarged excerpt involves eyes to indulge, a glimpse of expectant imprints that present a mystique that fulfills statistic and, as street talkers advise, buyers...Read the rest...
Categories: analogy, imagery,
Form: Alexandrine
Purity
In the quest for pure essence, a notion sublime, A two-edged blade grasped in the clutches of time....Read the rest...
Categories: beauty, passion, perspective,
Form: Alexandrine
Premium Member Vulture
Vulture Accusations take wing, like Vultures carcass cleans. The guilty are ashamed, not satisfied with screams. Enjoy the life you bought, with every hateful word. Forgiveness is a choice, not something one deserves. (Alternate ending: Forgiveness is too low,...Read the rest...
Categories: anger, conflict, forgiveness, judgement,
Form: Alexandrine
Premium Member Down In The Valley
Down in the lush valley, the river swiftly flows I need to cross over, embrace the mountain, grow On the other side, gold, hurry, swim across fast At the top of the bluff, look far and wide at...Read the rest...
Categories: analogy,
Form: Alexandrine
Premium Member Samson and The Liar: Parody
Yond the Book of Judges, uncover the smudges, Samson and or Shimshon, a Nazarite vowed, son, Delilah deceptor, Philistia's daughter, The lipstick was preying, weight lift also praying, The black widow spider, spun her web of desire, Weakness met the...Read the rest...
Categories: analogy, beauty, betrayal, bible,
Form: Alexandrine
Premium Member The Tentacle of Roots
"I shall be like a tree planted by the river ... " Psalm 1:3 A myriad of stars, the milky stream connects. The tree of life provides, resplendent fruit expects. The tentacle of roots, under spacious blue...Read the rest...
Categories: imagery, tree,
Form: Alexandrine
Premium Member A form WYATTS ALEXANDRINE
Wyatt's alexandrine combined a rhyming fourteen To introduce a novel verse,to the poetry scene; ...Read the rest...
Categories: poetry, word play,
Form: Alexandrine

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