strophe

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

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈstroʊfi/

Etymology

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

Synonyms

stanza

verse

couplet

Translations

estrofa

strophe

strofe

strofa

Strophe

beyit

stropha

strofa

estrofe

bent

المقطوعة الشعرية

şiir kıtası

estrofa

στροφή

στροφή άσματος