strophic

[ strof-ik, stroh-fik ]

adjective

Also stroph·i·cal. consisting of, pertaining to, or characterized by a strophe or strophes.
Music. (of a song) having the same music for each successive stanza.

Origin of strophic

First recorded in 1840–50; stroph(e) + -ic

Other words from strophic

stroph·i·cal·ly, adverb
non·stroph·ic, adjective

Compare through-composed.

Words Nearby strophic

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How to use strophic in a sentence

These strophic poems were set to music, and sung by alternating choirs of girls.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 | Various
Containing only those parts of the Finn-story and of Beowulf which Mller regarded as "genuine," in strophic form.
Beowulf | R. W. Chambers
They are written in French strophic forms in the southern dialect, and sometimes have an intermixture of French and Latin lines.
From Chaucer to Tennyson | Henry A. Beers
His hymns are metrical in the sense of having lines with a fixed number of syllables and strophic divisions.
Christian Hymns of the First Three Centuries | Ruth Ellis Messenger
Throughout the poem nearly every line is complete by itself and there is no strophic arrangement.
The Assyrian and Hebrew Hymns of Praise | Charles Gordon Cumming

British Dictionary definitions for strophic

strophic

less commonly strophical

/ (ˈstrɒfɪk, ˈstrəʊ-) /

adjective

of, relating to, or employing a strophe or strophes
(of a song) having identical or related music in each verse: Compare through-composed

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