monostrophe

[muh-nos-truh-fee, mon-uh-strohf]

noun

1. a poem in which all the strophes or stanzas are of the same metrical form.

monostrophe

/ mɒˈnɒstrəfɪ, ˈmɒnəˌstrəʊf, ˌmɒnəˈstrɒfɪk /

noun

1. a poem in which all the stanzas or strophes are written in the same metre

Other Word Forms

• monostrophic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of monostrophe¹

First recorded in 1885–90, monostrophe is from the Greek word monóstrophos consisting of one strophe. See mono-, strophe