Hemistich

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Half of an Alexandrine line, i.e. a semantic group of six syllables. See “Alexandrine”.

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Editors. "Hemistich". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 November 2001
[http://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=502, accessed 24 May 2013.]