Look up: Hemistich


  1. Hemistich
    A hemistich is a half-line of verse, followed and preceded by a caesura, that makes up a single overall prosodic or verse unit. In Classical poetry, the hemistich is generally confined to drama. In Greek tragedy, characters exchanging clipped dialogue to suggest rapidity and drama would speak in he...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemistich

  2. Hemistich
    Half a line.
    Found op http://www.poetsgraves.co.uk/glossary_of_poetic_terms.htm

  3. Hemistich
    Hem'i·stich noun [ Latin hemistichium , Greek 'hmisti`chion ; 'hmi- half + sti`chos row, line, verse: confer French hémistiche .] Half a poetic verse or line, or a verse or line not completed.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/32

  4. Hemistich
    • (n.) Half a poetic verse or line, or a verse or line not completed.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/hemistich/

  5. hemistich
    hemistich 1. A half line of verse, especially when separated rhythmically from the rest of the line by a caesura (break or pause). 2. An incomplete, or imperfect, line of poetic verse.
    Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/2043/

  6. hemistich
    see Line.
    Found op http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/display_rpo/terminology.cfm#acatalectic

  7. hemistich
    1) Half a line
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/hemistich/1

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