Czech alexandrine

noun

A 20th-century verse form and alexandrine adapted from French poetry, featuring a line of 12 to 13 syllables and a fixed caesura (pause) after the sixth syllable.

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nounCzech alexandrine (plural Czech alexandrines)

plural Czech alexandrines

  1. A 20th-century verse form and alexandrine adapted from French poetry, featuring a line of 12 to 13 syllables and a fixed caesura (pause) after the sixth syllable.
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