strophe

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A turn in verse, as from one metrical foot to another, or from one side of a chorus to the other.
The section of an ode that the chorus chants as it moves from right to left across the stage.
A pair of stanzas of alternating form on which the structure of a given poem is based.

/ˈstɹəʊ.fi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Pvanp7-strophe.wav /ˈstɹoʊ.fi/

strophe strophes

Borrowed from Latin stropha, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek στροφή (strophḗ, “a turn, bend, twist”). Compare strap and strop.

antistrophe apostrophe catastrophe strophic ode stanza

monostrophe strophical strophism

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