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hemistiches

hemistiches is the plural of hemistich.

Meaning of hemistich

Noun

hemistich (plural hemistichs or hemistiches)

  1. An approximate half-line of verse, separated from another by a caesura, often for dramatic effect.
    • […] I would first agree with [Earl] Wasserman that the last line ["[shapes] Which walk upon the sea, and chaunt melodiously"] alludes to Jesus walking on water, the point of the allusion being the kerygmatic expression of a form of transcendence, which is more or less specified by the way the other...2011, Edward T. Duffy, “Recounting Reverses, Recovering the Initiative: Act II of Prometheus Unbound”, in The Constitution of Shelley’s Poetry: The Argument of Language in Prometheus Unbound (Anthem...
  2. An unfinished line of verse.

Questions about hemistiches

What is hemistiches the plural of?
Hemistiches is the plural of hemistich.

Words near hemistiches in the dictionary

  1. hemist
  2. hemisternotomies
  3. hemisternotomy
  4. hemistich
  5. hemistichal
  6. hemistiches
  7. hemistichs
  8. hemists
  9. hemisuccinate
  10. hemisuccinates
  11. hemisulcus

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