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   Prosody a unit of two verse lines, usually a couplet.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.

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   Distich definition: a unit of two lines of verse, usually a self-contained statement; couplet.. See examples of DISTICH used in a sentence.

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   The meaning of DISTICH is a strophic unit of two lines. Latin distichon, from Greek, from neuter of distichos having two rows, from di-+ stichos row, verse; akin to Greek steichein to go — more at stair

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   Define distich. distich synonyms, distich pronunciation, distich translation, English dictionary definition of distich. n. pl. dis·tichs 1. A unit of verse ...

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   Oct 31, 2024 · distich (plural distichs) (prosody) A couplet, a two-line stanza making complete sense. Through these distichs of increasing intensity and vagueness, the reader is brought to the riddle of the concluding distich: as far as the speaker is concerned, the girl was ‘pure’, but she will not be if Aeschylus wants to receive the same service on a ...

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   Distich definition: A unit of verse consisting of two lines, especially as used in Greek and Latin elegiac poetry.

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   What does distich mean?

   • From Latin distichon (“a poem of two verses, a distich consisting of a hexameter and a pentameter”), from Ancient Greek δίστιχον (dístikhon). distich (plural distichs) (prosody) A couplet, a two-line stanza making complete sense.

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   What does distichon mean?

   • Latin distichon, from Greek, from neuter of distichos having two rows, from di- + stichos row, verse; akin to Greek steichein to go — more at stair 1553, in the meaning defined above

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   What are the different types of distich?

   • That distich which Shakespeare puts in the mouth of his madman in K. Lear, act iii. So ran an agonised distich I found written up on a rock somewhere. The chief forms of verse used are the elegiac distich (most frequent), scazons, and hendecasyllabics. Distich definition: a unit of two lines of verse, usually a self-contained statement; couplet..

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   What is a classical distich?

   • The classical distich is a poetic couplet deriving from Greek and Latin epigrammatic and elegiacal poetry and consisting of a line of hexameter followed by a line of pentameter. It offered Goethe a flexible vehicle through which to explore his fundamental preoccupations in a pivotal decade in his life and career.

   Distichon (Distich) | Goethe-Lexicon of Philosophical Concepts

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   What does the genus name Distichlis mean?

   • The genus name Distichlis is derived from the Greek words distichos(in 2 rows). The species name distichophylla is also derived from the Greek words distichos(in two rows) and phyllon(leaf), referring to the conspicuous phyllotaxy of Distichlis species. Leaves are arranged in two rows.

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   What is a distich in Aeschylus?

   • (prosody) A couplet, a two-line stanza making complete sense. Through these distichs of increasing intensity and vagueness, the reader is brought to the riddle of the concluding distich: as far as the speaker is concerned, the girl was ‘pure’, but she will not be if Aeschylus wants to receive the same service on a ‘bad condition’.

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   two items of the same kind. (bridge) a pair of playing cards that are the only cards in their suit in the hand dealt to a player