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stichic
[ stik-ik ]
adjective
- pertaining to or consisting of stichs or verses.
- composed of lines of the same metrical form throughout.
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- stichi·cal·ly adverb
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Sievers's view is that originally the two sorts of verse existed side by side, the stanzaic being preferred for chorus delivery, the stichic for individual recitation; one form at length crowding out the other.
From Project Gutenberg
Sievers, on Anglo-Saxon verse, 152 f.; on stanzaic and stichic verse, 63.
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