[sti-kom-i-tree] 
| the practice of writing a prose text in lines, often of slightly differing lengths, that correspond to units of sense and indicate phrasal rhythms. |
| sti·chom·e·try (stĭ-kŏm'ĭ-trē) n. The division of a prose piece into lines of fixed length or into lines whose lengths correspond to the natural divisions of sense, as in manuscripts written before the adoption of punctuation. [Greek stikhos, stich; see steigh- in Indo-European roots + -metry.] stich'o·met'ric (stĭk'ə-mět'rĭk) adj. |
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