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Alexandrine Couplets

Type:  

Structure, Metrical Requirement, Rhyme Scheme Requirement

 
Description: 

Rhymed couplets composed of alexandrines or twelve-syllable lines.

 
Schematic: 
xX xX xX xX xX xX
xX xX xX xX xX xX

or
xxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxx

Rhyme: aa bb cc, etc.
 
Rhythm/Stanza Length: 

2

 
See Also:  

Alexandrine, Couplets, Iamb

 
Status: 

Incomplete

 
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