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A strophe (/ ˈ s t r oʊ f iː /) 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.
"Das Wandern", the opening song in Franz Schubert's song cycle Die schöne Müllerin, an example of a strophic song. Strophic form – also called verse-repeating form, chorus form, AAA song form, or one-part song form – is a song structure in which all verses or stanzas of the text are sung to the same music. [1]
The stanza has also been known by terms such as batch, fit, and stave. [2] The term stanza has a similar meaning to strophe, though strophe sometimes refers to an irregular set of lines, as opposed to regular, rhymed stanzas. [3] Even though the term "stanza" is taken from Italian, in the Italian language the word "strofa" is more commonly used.
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Alcaeus and Sappho (Brygos Painter, Attic red-figure kalathos, c. 470 BC). Greek lyric is the body of lyric poetry written in dialects of Ancient Greek.Lyric poetry is, in short, poetry to be sung accompanied by music, traditionally a lyre.
Lyric Poetry (1896) Henry Oliver Walker, in the Library of Congress's Thomas Jefferson Building.. Modern lyric poetry is a formal type of poetry which expresses personal emotions or feelings, typically spoken in the first person. [1]
According to one meaning of the word, an epode [1] is the third part of an ancient Greek choral ode that follows the strophe and the antistrophe and completes the movement. [ 2 ] The word epode is also used to refer to the second (shorter) line of a two-line stanza of the kind composed by Archilochus and Hipponax in which the first line ...
Antistrophe was also a kind of ancient dance, wherein dancers stepped sometimes to the right, and sometimes to the left, still doubling their turns or conversions.The motion toward the left, they called antistrophe, from ἀντί, "against", and στροφή, of στρέφω, "I turn".