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distich

Prosody a unit of two verse lines, usually a couplet

Distich

in poetry, a two-verse stanza. An example of distich is Sergei Esenin’s lines: “You are my leafless maple, my ice-covered maple, /Why do you stand, stooped over, under the white blizzard?”

An unrhymed hexameter or pentameter distich is called an elegiac distich. The distich appears as an independent poem in epigrams, epitaphs, and inscriptions. In eastern poetry, it is called a bait.

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No references found			Was it worth while, in short, noble Porthos, to heap so much gold, and not have even the distich of a poor poet engraven upon thy monument? The Man in the Iron Mask by Dumas, Alexandre View in context should be remitted to the epitaph writer, or to some poet who may condescend to hitch him in a distich, or to slide him into a rhime with an air of carelessness and neglect, without giving any offence to the reader. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context Do you know that he made this distich against the Jesuits? Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context			distance learning distance mark distance marker distance marking light Distance Modulus distance piece distance protection distance ratio distance reception distance relay distance resolution distance separation distance vector protocol distance-finding station distance-luminosity relation distance-measuring equipment distance/velocity lag distant early-warning line distant field distant signal distegia distemper distemper brush distfix disthene Distich distichous distillate distillate fuel distillate fuel oil Distillation distillation column distillation curve distillation loss distillation range distillation test distilled liquor distilled mustard gas Distilled Water distiller distillery Distillery Residue Distilling Apparatus distilling flask distinct Distinctive Features distinguished name Distinguished Service Cross distoclusion distome distorted water			distensibility distensible distensible distensible Distensible Venous Malformations of the Orbit distension distension distension Distension Fracture distensions distensions distensions Distensive Distent distention distention distention Dister Disterminate Distermination distfix Disthene Disthene Disthrone Disthronize Disthymia Disthymia Disthymia Disti Disti Distich distichia Distichiae Distichiasis distichous distichous distichously distichously distichs distichs Distict of Columbia distil distil distil distil Distilate Distilate Distilate Distilate distill distill distill distill distill distill from distillable distillable distillable Distillable Non-Urea-Adductable distillate distillate

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