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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In the first hemistich we have to supply: will be His appearance in its loveliness and saving importance.
From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 by Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg
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
"And what is this hemistich?" asked the chevalier, more and more astonished.
From The Conspirators The Chevalier d'Harmental by Alexandre Dumas père
We may deeply admire and wonder, and, in another line or hemistich, grow indifferent or slightly averse.
From Hearts of Controversy by Alice Christiana Thompson Meynell
One of its peculiarities is a hemistich replacing the expected fourth line of the stanza, which is of eight verses, with singularly musical effect.
From A Short History of French Literature by George Saintsbury
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