Strophe is an English word with synonyms like stanza. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Strophe meaning
- A turn in verse, as from one metrical foot to another, or from one side of a chorus to the other.
- The section of an ode that the chorus chants as it moves from right to left across the stage.
- A pair of stanzas of alternating form on which the structure of a given poem is based.
Synonyms of Strophe
Using Strophe
- The main meaning on this page is: A turn in verse, as from one metrical foot to another, or from one side of a chorus to the other. | The section of an ode that the chorus chants as it moves from right to left across the stage. | A pair of stanzas of alternating form on which the structure of a given poem is based.
- Useful related words include: stanza.
- In the example corpus, strophe often appears in combinations such as: the strophe.
Context around Strophe
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 5 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Strophe
- In this selection, "strophe" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 28.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, sapphic, sections, opening, ode, turning and snorri stand out and add context to how "strophe" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include following elements strophe or ode and mirror the strophe ode in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "strophe" sits close to words such as aadi, aayush and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with strophe
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The strophe is Grímnismál 12. Breiðablik is not otherwise mentioned in the Eddic sources. (14 words)
In 1898, he wrote a poem inspired by the opening strophe of Mickiewicz's masterpiece Pan Tadeusz : "Lithuania, my fatherland! (20 words)
The above strophe translates to: :So pleases me your courteous demand, / I cannot and I will not hide me from you. (21 words)
Such a condition, which is defined in the second strophe as a condition of profound suffering ("se la vita è sventura, perché da noi si dura?") is extremely different from that of the Moon, which seems instead to be eternal, "virgin", and "intact". (43 words)
They are characterized by the following elements: ** strophe or ode: These are lyrics in a variety of meters, sung by the Chorus in the first parabasis as an invocation to the gods and as a comic interlude in the second parabasis. (41 words)
Catullus twice used a meter that Sappho developed, called the Sapphic strophe in poems 11 and 51. In fact, Catullus may have brought about a substantial revival of that form in Rome. (32 words)
In 1898, he wrote a poem inspired by the opening strophe of Mickiewicz's masterpiece Pan Tadeusz : "Lithuania, my fatherland! (20 words)
Example sentences (11)
Aristophanes: Clouds K.J. Dover (ed), Oxford University Press 1970, page 126 ** antistrophe or antode: These are songs that mirror the strophe/ode in meter, length and function.
Catullus twice used a meter that Sappho developed, called the Sapphic strophe in poems 11 and 51. In fact, Catullus may have brought about a substantial revival of that form in Rome.
Choral songs in tragedy are often divided into three sections: strophe ("turning, circling"), antistrophe ("counter-turning, counter-circling") and epode ("after-song").
De Vries, p. 283. 'Puts to sleep all suits' or 'stills all strifes' may have been a late addition to the strophe Snorri cites, from which he derives the information.
In 1898, he wrote a poem inspired by the opening strophe of Mickiewicz's masterpiece Pan Tadeusz : "Lithuania, my fatherland!
It was thus a late debut that brought the extraordinary success of this strophe, which Krasicki would incorporate as part of song IX in his mock-heroic poem, Myszeida (Mouseiad, 1775).
Such a condition, which is defined in the second strophe as a condition of profound suffering ("se la vita è sventura, perché da noi si dura?") is extremely different from that of the Moon, which seems instead to be eternal, "virgin", and "intact".
The above strophe translates to: :So pleases me your courteous demand, / I cannot and I will not hide me from you.
The strophe and antistrophe look at the subject from different, often conflicting, perspectives, with the epode moving to a higher level to either view or resolve the underlying issues.
The strophe is Grímnismál 12. Breiðablik is not otherwise mentioned in the Eddic sources.
They are characterized by the following elements: ** strophe or ode: These are lyrics in a variety of meters, sung by the Chorus in the first parabasis as an invocation to the gods and as a comic interlude in the second parabasis.
Common combinations with strophe
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: