Strophe
/ˈstɹəʊ.fi/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A turn in verse, as from one metrical foot to another, or from one side of a chorus to the other.
- 2 one section of a lyric poem or choral ode in classical Greek drama wordnet
- 3 The section of an ode that the chorus chants as it moves from right to left across the stage.
- 4 A pair of stanzas of alternating form on which the structure of a given poem is based.
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Borrowed from Latin stropha, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek στροφή (strophḗ, “a turn, bend, twist”). Compare strap and strop.