stichometry

stichometry
stichometric /stik'euh me"trik/, stichometrical, adj.stichometrically, adv.
/sti kom"i tree/, n.
the practice of writing a prose text in lines, often of slightly differing lengths, that correspond to units of sense and indicate phrasal rhythms.
[1745-55; < Gk stích(os) (see STICH1) + -O- + -METRY]

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