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hexastich
[ hek-suh-stik ]
noun
Prosody.
- a strophe, stanza, or poem consisting of six lines.
hexastich
/ ˈhɛksəˌstɪk; hɛkˈsæstɪˌkɒn /
noun
- prosody a poem, stanza, or strophe that consists of six lines
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Derived Forms
- ˌ油ˈپ, adjective
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Other 51Թ Forms
- ··پ· [hek-s, uh, -, stik, -ik], adjective
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of hexastich1
First recorded in 1605–15; shortened form of hexastichon
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Hexastich, heks′a-stik, n. a poem or stanza of six lines.
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Know, then, that a great many years ago Sannazarius—never mind who he was,—I do not justly know, myself—wrote an hexastich on the city of Venice, and sent it to the potent Senators of that moist settlement.
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