Irregular verse; a poem of various metres, but of lofty style, in imitation of the odes of Pindar. Alexander’s Feast, by Dryden, is the best specimen in English.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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