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- noun Plural form of
tiercet .
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The two quatrains are in verses of ten feet, and the two tiercets in Alexandrine metre.
Musical Memories Saint-Saens, Camille 1919
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The quatrains have the regular construction _abba_, and the tiercets almost always follow one of two types: either _cde, cde, _ or _cdcdcd_.
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The two quatrains are in verses of ten feet, and the two tiercets in Alexandrine metre.
Musical Memories Camille Saint-Sa��ns 1878
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