tristichn.
/ˈtrɪstɪk/ Prosody.
A group of three lines of verse; a stanza of three lines.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > part of poem > [noun] > stanza > three lines with internal or external rhymes
tercet1598
triplet1656
tristich1813
terzina1836
terzain1855
1813 T. Busby in tr. Lucretius Nature of Things II. vi. Comm. p. ix Much of the thought contained in the subjoined tristich of Ovid, is evidently derived from the original of this.
1864 E. B. Pusey Daniel vi. 316 Ps. x..has 3 tristichs (verses divided into 3).
1886 C. A. Briggs Messianic Prophecy iii. ii. 82 (note) In the third part, a tristich, the three sons appear.
Derivatives
tristichic adj. /trɪˈstɪkɪk/ characterized by tristichs.
/trɪˈstɪkɪk/ characterized by tristichs.ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > part of poem > [adjective] > stanzaic > of specific number of lines
monostich1656
distichal1778
four-line1827
four-lined1827
distichic1884
tetrastichic1884
tristichic1884
tetrastichal1895
two-line1901
1884 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. III. 1955 A closed train of thought which is unrolled after the distichic and tristichic ground-form of the rhythmical period.
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