strophe
nounUK /ˈstɹəʊ.fi/ · US /ˈstɹoʊ.fi/
Etymology Borrowed from Latin stropha, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek στροφή (strophḗ, “a turn, bend, twist”). Compare strap and strop. Compare typologically rehearsal, rehearse (related to French herser (“to harrow”) << Latin hirpex, another meaning shift from the idea of turning).
Human sciences, Linguistics, Phonology, Prosody, Sciences A turn in verse, as from one metrical foot to another, or from one side of a chorus to the other.
Human sciences, Linguistics, Phonology, Prosody, Sciences The section of an ode that the chorus chants as it moves from right to left across the stage.
Human sciences, Linguistics, Phonology, Prosody, Sciences A pair of stanzas of alternating form on which the structure of a given poem is based.
- Derived terms
- monostrophe, strophical, strophism
- Related terms
- antistrophe, apostrophe, catastrophe, strophic, ode, stanza