monostrophic

[mon-uh-strof-ik, -stroh-fik]

adjective

1. consisting of stanzas or strophes all having the same metrical structure.

noun

1. monostrophics, monostrophic verses.

Word History and Origins

Origin of monostrophic¹

From the Greek word monostrophikós, dating back to 1665–75. See monostrophe, -ic

Example Sentences

Monostrophic, mon-ō-strof′ik, adj. having but one strophe: not varied in measure.—n.

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In other respects a poem of this kind should, perhaps, more correctly be called monostrophic.

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The measure of Verse us'd in the Chorus is of all sorts, call'd by the Greeks Monostrophic, or rather Apolelymenon, without regard had to Strophe, Antistrophe or Epod, which were a kind of Stanza's fram'd only for the Music, then us'd with the Chorus that sung; not essential to the Poem, and therefore not material; or being divided into Stanza's or Pauses they may be call'd Allaeostropha.

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