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hemistichs

hemistichs 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 hemistichs

What is hemistichs the plural of?
Hemistichs is the plural of hemistich.

Words near hemistichs in the dictionary

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

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