ヒロイック・カプレット
Who his majestic rider seems to know, - (A)
Proud of his purple trappings, paws the ground, - (B)
And champs the golden bit, and spreads the foam around. - (B)
アレクサンドラン(前半)と三行連(後半)を用いた例(ll. 867-871)
My Tyrians, at their injur’d queen’s command, - (A)
Had toss’d their fires amid the Trojan band; - (A)
At once extinguish’d all the faithless name; - (B)
And I myself, in vengeance of my shame, - (B)
Had fall’n upon the pile, to mend the fun’ral flame. - (B)