It is really the first hemistich of a sapphic, and in strophic arrangement the two are always associated; cf.
The difference, however, between the first and second hemistich is less conspicuous than it was in those forms of the Middle English alliterative line before mentioned.
The structure of the hemistich in the normal alliterative line.
Steingass sensibly proposes altering the last hemistich (lines 11-12) to At one time showing the Moon and Sun.
The first hemistich which was composed of 17 syllables grew to be called the hokku, the second or finishing hemistich of 14 syllables was called ageku.
In the first hemistich we have to supply: will be His appearance in its loveliness and saving importance.
The two parts of the first hemistich of the verse correspond with each other; just as do the three parts of the second hemistich.
The imagery in the first hemistich is taken from Lev.
This line is apparently imperfect, metrically, for the second hemistich seems to be wanting.
A hemistich seems to be missing here, metrically; and surely the sense requires the interpolation of several lines, to record the birth of Methuselah in Enoch's 65th year.
In the second hemistich of the verse, the reading requires first to be established.
The firsthemistich still belongs to the threatening.
Even from ancient times, the first hemistich of the verse has created great embarrassment to interpreters, from which very few of them, not excepting even Calvin, manage to extricate themselves skilfully.
In it, the concluding hemistich of the tanka is left off, and it is just in his hemistich that the meaning of the poem is brought out, so that the hokku is a mere essence, a whiff of an idea to be created in full by the hearer.
In the first hemistich of the 3rd couplet the poet gives Babur the appellation of qalandar, which means a perfect devotee, indifferent to all worldly pleasures.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "hemistich" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
