Distich

(dĭs'tik), n. [Gr. δίστιχος, δίστιχον, with two rows, of two verses, from δί, for δίς, twice, twofold, and στίχος, row, verse, from στείχειν, to ascend; Lat. distichon, Fr. distique.] (Pros.) (a.) A couple of verses or poetic lines making complete sense; an epigram of two verses. (b.) A couplet of two lines, of different kinds of verse, which are repeated in the same order.