Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Gems of Modern French Poetry for Reading and Recitation: Compiled and Edited With Introductory Remarks on the Principles of French Versification, Short Biographical Notices, and a Phraseological French-English Vocabulary in the Order of the d104
Epic, dramatic, satirical, and didactic poetry is almost invariably written in Alexandrines which are also employed in modern sonnets and other forms of lyric poetry.
Ten-syllable lines, the oldest form of French verse, usually take the Caesura after the fourth syllable.
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