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Hemistichal
Hemistichal He*mis"ti*chal, a. Pertaining to, or written in, hemistichs; also, by, or according to, hemistichs; as, a hemistichal division of a verse.

Meaning of Hemistich from wikipedia

- A hemistich (/ˈhɛmɪstɪk/; via Latin from Gr**** ἡμιστίχιον, from ἡμι- "half" and στίχος "verse") is a half-line of verse, followed and preceded by a caesura...
- ɡɐriːjɐsiː], Nepali: [d͡zʌnʌni d͡zʌnmʌbʱumist͡sʌ swʌrɡadʌpi ɡʌrijʌsi]) is a hemistich of a Sanskrit shloka from the Hindu epic Ramayana, and the national motto...
- syllables it contains. Hemistich length: All but the shortest lines are divided into part-lines (hemistichs); each hemistich also contains a specific...
- syntactic unit. The Encyclopaedia of Islam records three sub-types of ṭawīl hemistich, of which the second is the most common: | ᴗ – x | ᴗ – – – | ᴗ – x | ᴗ...
- features a poem ostensibly signed by D'Invilliers, called from the first hemistich Then Wear the Gold Hat. Then wear the gold hat, if that will move her;...
- Pèlerinage de Charlemagne. The foundation of most alexandrines consists of two hemistichs (half-lines) of six syllables each, separated by a caesura (a metrical...
- typically) 12 syllables with a medial caesura dividing the line into two hemistichs (half-lines) of six syllables each. It was the dominant long line of French...
- various derivations of the verbal root F-ʿ-L (فعل). Thus, the following hemistich قفا نبك من ذكرى حبيبٍ ومنزلِ Would be traditionally scanned as: فعولن...
- native dialect: a hemistich called zabān-e fahlavī (1976, I, p. 290), a quatrain with the appellation bayt-efahlavī, and another hemistich titled zabān-e...
- The naming of the notes of the hexachord by the first syllable of each hemistich (half line of verse) of the first verse is usually attributed to Guido...