hemistich
Americannoun
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the exact or approximate half of a stich, or poetic verse or line, especially as divided by a caesura or the like.
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an incomplete line, or a line of less than the usual length.
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Etymology
Origin of hemistich
1565–75; < Late Latin hēmistichium < Greek hēmistíchion a half-verse. See hemi-, stich 1
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The first hemistich still belongs to the threatening.
From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 by Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg
A hemistich seems to be missing here, metrically.
From Genesis A Translated from the Old English by Lawrence Mason
The Luccan and Umbrian stornello is much shorter, consisting indeed of a hemistich having some natural object which suggests the motive of the little poem.
From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Edward Berdoe
I have composed the first hemistich of a verse, but cannot finish it, although it has occupied my mind for some days.'
From A Boswell of Baghdad With Diversions by E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas
"And what is this hemistich?" asked the chevalier, more and more astonished.
From The Conspirators The Chevalier d'Harmental by Alexandre Dumas père
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