下しも句く

noun

last part of a poem or Bible verse

Refers to the latter half of a poem, especially in linked verse (renga) or the second half of a tanka, or the latter part of a Bible verse. Often contrasted with 上の句 (かみのく).

See also: 下の句

• 百ひゃく人にん一いっ首しゅの下しも句くを聞きいて、上かみの句くを思おもい出だす。

  Hearing the last part of a Hyakunin Isshu poem, I recall the first part.

• この聖せい句くの下しも句くは特とくに有ゆう名めいだ。

  The latter part of this Bible verse is especially famous.