strophe
Other forms: strophes
A strophe is one section of a poem. In ancient Greece, odes were composed of three parts, the first of which was the strophe.
In Greek, strophe means "stanza," or literally "a turning," and in ancient odes, the chorus recited the strophe as they moved (or turned) from one side of the stage to the other. This opening series of lines was followed by the antistrophe and epode. In other kinds of poetry, a strophe is simply a section or stanza, often one composed of two or more lines that are repeated throughout the verse.
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one section of a lyric poem or choral ode in classical Greek drama
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type of:
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stanza
a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem
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