Monostitch

Monostitch or simply engraved (from the Greek  στίχος stichos "verse") is a metrical scheme called in the verse theory, which consists of the continuous repetition of a similar meter , in contrast to distichischen forms, in which two different meters alternate.

Well-known meters that often appear in engraved form are the epic hexameter , the alexandrine or the blank verse .

See also: monostitch

literature

• Gero von Wilpert : Subject dictionary of literature. Special edition of the 8th, improved and expanded edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 2013, ISBN 978-3-520-84601-3 , p. 530 f.