Czech alexandrine Jiří Orten: <poem style="margin-left: 2em; font-style:italic"> </poem> Czech alexandrine Czech alexandrine (in Czech "český alexandrín") is a verse form found in Czech poetry of the 20th century. It is a metre based on French alexandrine. The most important features of the pattern are number of syllables (twelve or thirteen) and a caesura after the sixth syllable. It is an unusual metre, exhibiting characteristics of both syllabic and syllabotonic (accentual-syllabic) metre. Thus it occupies a transitional position between syllabic and accentual patterns of European versification. It stands out from the background of modern Czech versification, which is modeled chiefly after German
Songs of paradise: a harvest of poetry and verse Songs of paradise: a harvest of poetry and verse Songs of paradise: a harvest of poetry and verse is a 2009 collection of 52 poems by Ugandan poet James Munange Ogoola. The poems are arranged in seven sections: "Spiritual", "Love and life", "Mortality and immortality", "Poetry, song and the word", "Environment and nature", "Justice and governace", and "Tribute and Dedications". The book received both pisitive and negative reviews from critics. It was received positively in Ugandan newspapers "The Observer", "New Vision" and the "Daily Monitor". It received a negative review from "The Independent". Martyn Drakard of "The Observer", called it