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- Dictionarystrophe/ˈstrəʊfi/
noun
- 1. the first section of an ancient Greek choral ode or of one division of it.
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First part of the ode; structural division of a poem containing stanzas of varying line length
A strophe is a poetic term originally referring to the first part of the ode in Ancient Greek tragedy, followed by the antistrophe and epode. The term has been extended to also mean a structural division of a poem containing stanzas of varying line length. Strophic poetry is to be contrasted with poems composed line-by-line non-stanzaically, such as Greek epic poems or English blank verse, to whic... Wikipedia