strophic

US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈstrɑfɪk, ˈstroʊfɪk/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(strof′ik, strō′fik)

stroph•ic (strof′ik, strō′fik),USA pronunciation adj.

LiteratureAlso, stroph′i•cal. consisting of, pertaining to, or characterized by a strophe or strophes.
Music and Dance(of a song) having the same music for each successive stanza. Cf. through-composed.

stroph′i•cal•ly, adv.

stro•phe /ˈstroʊfi/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -phes.

Poetry(in modern poetry) a separate section or extended movement in a poem, distinguished from a stanza in that it does not follow a regularly repeated pattern.

stroph•ic /ˈstrɑfɪk, ˈstroʊfɪk/USA pronunciation adj. See -stroph-.

stro•phe (strō′fē),USA pronunciation n.

Literaturethe part of an ancient Greek choral ode sung by the chorus when moving from right to left.
Literaturethe movement performed by the chorus during the singing of this part.
Poetrythe first of the three series of lines forming the divisions of each section of a Pindaric ode.
Poetry(in modern poetry) any separate section or extended movement in a poem, distinguished from a stanza in that it does not follow a regularly repeated pattern.

Greek strophé̄ a twist, turning about, akin to stréphein to turn; see strepto-
1595–1605

verse.

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