Hemistich

[hemistik]

Definition

(n.) Half a poetic verse or line, or a verse or line not completed.

Typist: Sonia

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Half a verse, half a line.

Typist: Norton

Definition

n. one of the two parts of a line of poetry as divided by the cesura: half a line an incomplete or unfinished line: an epodic line or refrain.—adj. Hem′istichal.

Editor: Lyle