1. relating to or consisting of verses or lines of poetry that are not arranged in stanzas
Usage: literary; prosody

Examples

• The epic poem was written in stichic verse without stanza breaks.
• Homer’s Iliad is composed in stichic hexameter lines.
• The poet chose a stichic form for the narrative work.
• Stichic composition allows for continuous flow of thought.
• The ancient Greek tragedies often used stichic dialogue.
• Modern free verse can be considered stichic in structure.