distich
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Percy discovered in the old metrical romance of “Sir Bevis of Southampton,” the very distich which Edgar had parodied.—Warton, iii.
From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Isaac Disraeli
In the seven remaining epodes Horace has diversified the measures, while retaining the general character of the distich.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various
Coleridge also translated from Schiller the well-known distich describing and exemplifying the elegiac verse of Ovid: "In the hexameter rises the fountain's silvery column; In the pentameter aye falling in melody back."
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Raymond MacDonald Alden
More metrical excellence and sense can be found in the distich: "Mary, Mary, quite contrary, How does your garden grow?" than in any of the products of his brain that he has given us.
From Every-Day Errors of Speech by L. P. Meredith
It gave rise to a taunting distich similar to the one at Arlesey.
From Literary Byways by William Andrews
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