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hemistich
hem·i·stich [ hémmi stìk ] (plural hem·i·stichs)


noun 
Definition:
 
half line of poetry: one half of a line of poetry, usually separated from the rest by a caesura
[Late 16th century. Via late Latin< Greek hēmistikhion< stikhos "line of verse"]
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