A French invention from the twelfth century, the alexandrine is the standard line of traditional French poetry since the sixteenth century and has an importance comparable to blank verse in English poetry.
and labor all the day, so my odes flow with beat:
as poet, I have miles to go before I sleep,
before I plumb the depths; and probe Pieria's deep!
Poetry by Ngoc Nguyen
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Written on 2021-02-07 at 14:02
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Sundry Lines in Alexandrine
As poet, I aspire to Mount Parnassus's seat;and labor all the day, so my odes flow with beat:
as poet, I have miles to go before I sleep,
before I plumb the depths; and probe Pieria's deep!
Poetry by Ngoc Nguyen
Read 304 times
Written on 2021-02-07 at 14:02
Tags Alexandrine Parnassus Pieria
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