noun
- Plural of hexastich; poems or stanzas consisting of six lines.
Usage: literary; technical
Examples
- The poet composed several hexastichs exploring themes of love and loss.
- Medieval manuscripts often featured hexastichs as a popular verse form.
- She studied the structure of hexastichs in her advanced poetry seminar.
- The collection included both couplets and hexastichs from various periods.
- Hexastichs allowed poets to develop ideas more fully than shorter forms.