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Definition of Strophic
1. a. Pertaining to, containing, or consisting of, strophes.
Definition of Strophic
1. Adjective. (prosody) Using or containing strophes. ¹
2. Adjective. (music) Of a song, composed so that every stanza is set to the same music. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Strophic
1. strophe [adj] - See also: strophe
Lexicographical Neighbors of Strophic
Literary usage of Strophic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Study of Archaism in Euripides by Clarence Augustus Manning (1916)
"64-169 42-87 3 strophic systems 107-137 strophic system 82-111 ... of Hecuba
153-196 strophic system of Hecuba and chorus 197-229 strophic system of chorus ..."
2. English Writers: An Attempt Towards a History of English Literature by Henry Morley, William Hall Griffin (1888)
"Not in such poems of our early Christian days, but in " Beowulf," in " Widsith,"
in any pieces that may trace strophic descent from the heroic songs of a ..."
3. English Writers: An Attempt Towards a History of English Literature by Henry Morley, William Hall Griffin (1888)
"Not in such poems of our early Christian days, but in " Beowulf," in " Widsith,"
in any pieces that may trace strophic descent from the heroic songs of a ..."
4. Lectures on Plant Physiology by Ludwig Jost (1907)
"PFEFFER and ROTHERT look upon the strophic chemotaxis as due to differential
distribution of the stimulant on different sides of the plant, as in the case ..."
5. The Messages of the Poets: The Books of Job and Canticles and Some Minor by Nathaniel Schmidt (1911)
"The strophic Structure The introduction by the ... In didactic poetry there often
seems to be no attempt at strophic structure; the distich. ..."
6. How to Appreciate Music by Gustav Kobbé (1906)
"XIV SONGS AND SONG COMPOSERS SONGS either are strophic or ... In the strophic
song the melody and accompaniment are repeated unchanged through each stanza ..."
7. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Book of Proverbs by Crawford Howell Toy (1899)
"Bickell omits the verse as marring the strophic structure of the paragraph ; but
this difficulty disappears in the arrangement here adopted. 10-19. ..."
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