Exercises in Style

What is an Alexandrine sonnet, and what are the rhyme scheme and meter used in "Alexandrines?"

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Answered by Cat on 04 Nov 00:39

An Alexandrine sonnet is a sixteen-line poem with a specific rhyme scheme and meter. In "Alexandrines," the rhyme scheme is AABB CCDD EEFF GGHH. The meter used in "Alexandrines" uses lines of twelve syllables. Each line is divided into two phrases of six syllables each.