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Definition of Monostich
1. n. A composition consisting of one verse only.
Definition of Monostich
1. Noun. a poem consisting of a title and a single line ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Monostich
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Monostich
Literary usage of Monostich
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"Cf. monostich.] Arranged in one vertical row, rank, or series, as the flowers in
the spike of some species of Sj>i- ran thcs ..."
2. The Journal of Philology by William George Clark, John Eyton Bickersteth Mayor, William Aldis Wright, Ingram Bywater, Henry Jackson (1897)
"When we find in the monostich odes, or anywhere in the odes, a passage containing
... As to the question whether the monostich odes, and these alone, ..."
3. Peloponnesiaca: A Supplement to Travels on the Moréa by William Martin Leake (1846)
"The original direction of Greek writing from right to left, which never varied
in its derivative the Etruscan, was continued also in Greece in monostich ..."
4. The Cambridge History of English Literature by Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller (1916)
"... can one find two such opposed pieces as the admirable monostich of A Sensible
Girl's Reply to Moore's "Our couch shall be roses all spangled with dew. ..."
5. NBC Handbook of Pronunciationby James Frederick Bender, National Broadcasting Company, inc by James Frederick Bender, National Broadcasting Company, inc (1834)
"... monophthong Monophysite monoplane monoplegia monopoly monopsony monostich
monosyllabic monotheism monotony monotype monovalent Monrovia Monsarrat ..."
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