noun
- plural of hemistich; half-lines of verse, especially the two halves of a line divided by a caesura
Usage: literary; prosody
Examples
- The epic poem was structured with clear hemistichs separated by strong caesuras.
- Students analyzed the hemistichs in the Old English alliterative verse.
- Each line contained two hemistichs with distinct rhythmic patterns.
- The poet deliberately emphasized the break between hemistichs.
- Medieval scribes often wrote hemistichs on separate lines.
- The translation preserved the original hemistichs of the ancient text.