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Definition of Stichic
1. a. Of or pertaining to stichs, or lines; consisting of stichs, or lines.
Definition of Stichic
1. Adjective. Describing verse that is not divided into stanzas, but consists of lines all having the same metrical form ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stichic
1. stich [adj] - See also: stich
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stichic
Literary usage of Stichic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Elements of English Versification by James Wilson Bright, Raymond Durbin Miller (1910)
"The chief examples of stichic verse are the ... Since the grouping of stichic
verse is based upon no fixed pattern, it obeys the same general principles ..."
2. The Verse of Greek Comedy by John Williams White (1912)
"stichic PERIOD 778. A melic period remains to be considered which resembles the
... This is the period in which periodic verse trenches upon stichic (689). ..."
3. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities by William Smith (1891)
"... each consisting of three feet ; such a period he calls " stichic." A more
developed form is ... such a combination he calls a repeated "stichic" period. ..."
4. A first book in old English: Grammar, Reader, Notes, and Vocabulary by Albert Stanburrough Cook (1894)
"Old English verse is rarely strophic, but almost without exception stichic ; that
is, consists of ungrouped lines, following each other as in Modern English ..."
5. A First Book of Old English: Grammar, Reader, Notes, and Vocabulary by Albert Stanburrough Cook (1894)
"Old English verse stichic.— Old English verse is rarely strophic, but almost
without exception stichic ..."
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