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Alexandrine?
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12 syllables - I get that.
Couplets do not have to rhyme - I get that.
Then you wrote: Thus the ALEXANDRINE COUPLET is 2 rhumed lines of 12 syllables each.
So I assume that the Alexandrine is made up of 2, 12 syllable lines (24 syllables in all) that form a rhyming couplet. BUT THEN, when I look at your example:
Example by Jacquii Cooke:
Where Heaven Glows
Throughout the night
The wind doth blow
Heavy secrets of shadows' bliss and romance.
Such lust binds thy heartstrings in longings of France.
On precipice: light
Where heaven glows.
I see that line 1 has 4 syllables, Line 2 has 4 syllables, Line 3 has 11 syllables, Line 4 has 11 syllables, Line 5 has 5 syllables and line 6 has 4 syllables for a total of 39 syllables and even allowing for the fact that sometimes 12 syllables won't fit on one line, 39 is still too many syllables for 2 lines, or not enough syllables for 4 lines!
This I don't get! What am I missing?
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Biography: Jacquii Cooke is a 32 year old Black Poet from Oak Ridge, Tennessee. As Webmistress of Poetry in Color Forum, she is devoted to the more abstract styles, especially those with a strong feminine voice that center around the topic of redemption and righting the wrongs of past transgressions.
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I see a time-out for MsJ
it would be, could be nice - as everybody needs a timeout sometime...
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anyway - will take a look at it when sober...
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Biography: Jacquii Cooke is a 32 year old Black Poet from Oak Ridge, Tennessee. As Webmistress of Poetry in Color Forum, she is devoted to the more abstract styles, especially those with a strong feminine voice that center around the topic of redemption and righting the wrongs of past transgressions.
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Ms. Haag's example is indeed a beautiful one, albeit quite tedius to read... Thought I'd mix it up a bit with my example.... Ooops - seems the lines I meant as the alexandrine couplet was indeed 11 syllables instead of the mandated 12...
Thanx you guys for bringing that to my attention. Perfection is a little too much to ask of anyone - even your fearless MsJacquiiC
Throughout the night
The wind doth blow Heavy secrets of shadows bliss-kissed with romance.
Such a lust binds thy heartstrings in longings of France.
On precipice: light
Where heaven glows.
Throughout the night
The wind doth howl Lingering moments of a blinded ecstacy
Where memoried pleasures are just so next to me
On precipice: light
Where wolves do yowl.
in the above example lines 3 & 4 and lines 9 & 10 are the alexandrine couplets.
2 rhyming 12-syllabled lines that work as a unit
Biography: Jacquii Cooke is a 32 year old Black Poet from Oak Ridge, Tennessee. As Webmistress of Poetry in Color Forum, she is devoted to the more abstract styles, especially those with a strong feminine voice that center around the topic of redemption and righting the wrongs of past transgressions.
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Thank you AMZY - nice comment indeed!
Jacquii.
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