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strophic

[ strof-ik, stroh-fik ]

adjective

  1. Also strophi·cal. consisting of, pertaining to, or characterized by a strophe or strophes.
  2. Music. (of a song) having the same music for each successive stanza.


strophic

/ ˈstrɒfɪk; ˈstrəʊ- /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or employing a strophe or strophes
  2. (of a song) having identical or related music in each verse Compare through-composed
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • strophi·cal·ly adverb
  • non·strophic adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of strophic1

First recorded in 1840–50; stroph(e) + -ic
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Example Sentences

These strophic poems were set to music, and sung by alternating choirs of girls.

Containing only those parts of the Finn-story and of Beowulf which Mller regarded as "genuine," in strophic form.

They are written in French strophic forms in the southern dialect, and sometimes have an intermixture of French and Latin lines.

His hymns are metrical in the sense of having lines with a fixed number of syllables and strophic divisions.

Throughout the poem nearly every line is complete by itself and there is no strophic arrangement.

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