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strophe::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Type of | stanza |
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Take one old derelict singing a strophe of a religious anthem in a raspy voice.
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At the end of every stanza the strophe is repeated unchanged throughout the song.
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The strophe is obscure but may refer to some sort of religious ceremony.
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It has the nature of a reply and balances the effect of the strophe.
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There is then a confirmation of suggestions already put forth in the narration of the 4th strophe.
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Catullus twice used a meter that Sappho developed, called the Sapphic strophe in poems 11 and 51.
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A common feature of some lyric forms is the refrain of one or more verses that end each strophe.
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A strophe forms the first part of the ode in Ancient Greek tragedy, followed by the antistrophe and epode.
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It is said that Archilochus first created the strophe by binding together systems of two or three lines.
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- One section of a lyric poem or choral ode in classical Greek drama
- A strophe forms the first part of the ode in Ancient Greek tragedy, followed by the antistrophe and epode. ...
- 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
- In modern poetry, a stanza or rhythmic system of two or more lines arranged as a unit. In classical poetry, a strophe is the first division in the triadic structure of Pindaric verse, corresponding metrically to the antistrophe which follows it; also, the stanza preceding or alternating with the ...
- In ancient Greek "a turning"; a part of a stasimon; a strophe precedes and corresponds metrically to an antistrophe.
- The first part of a choral ode in Ancient Greek drama, in which the chorus moved from one part of the stage to the other. It later became identified with the first movement in a poetic ode.
- A metrical or musical unit, it is typically repeated in a musical composition.
- A strophe is the first of three series of lines forming the divisions of each section of a Pindaric ode.
- One of the three principal divisions of a choral ode in a Greek play; it means "turn" and suggests something about the dance nature of the odes.
