Tristich

A tristich is any strophe, stanza, or poem that consists of exactly three lines.[1]

Forms

Tristich Parallelism in Hebrew poetry is an early example of this form.[2] The first verse of the book Lamentations being a prime example,[3] with an elegiac sentiment in a progressive parallelism that carries the thought of the first line and adding something thereto.[4]

Shakespeare was another poet who used the tristich form within his Threnody poem The Phoenix and the Turtle.[5]

See also

  • Berlin Adele, The Dynamics of Biblical Parallelism, Indiana University Press. 1992 ISBN 9780253207654
  • Biblical poetry
  • Parallelism
  • Distich
  • Monostich
  • Triadic-line poetry
  • Trimeter
  • Haiku

References

  1. ↑ Dictionary.com .
  2. ↑ Kugel, James The Idea of Biblical Poetry:Parallelism & Its History. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1981 ISBN 9780801859441
  3. ↑ Jewish Encyclopedia.com
  4. ↑ Hebrew Poetry and Music Master Study Bible NASB Encyclopedia, Holman Bible Publishers ,1981
  5. ↑ Shakespeare WilliamThe Phoenix and the Turtle Mouton de Gryter, 1965 ISBN 9783111029689


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