The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original George Henry Needler 1914 In the original the opening strophe, which is altogether more regular than the average and is, moreover, one of the few that have also complete caesural rhyme, is as follows: In each set of three the first stanza is called the strophe (turn), being intended, probably, for chanting as the chorus moved in one direction the second stanza is called the antistrophe, chanted as the chorus executed a second, contrasting, movement and the third stanza the epode, chanted as the chorus stood still.Ī History of English Literature Robert Huntington Fletcher Select Masterpieces of Biblical Literature Richard Green Moulton 1886 The term strophe has come to be used also for verse paragraphs where there is no antistrophic arrangement. noun one section of a lyric poem or choral ode in classical Greek drama.noun prosody A pair of stanzas of alternating form on which the structure of a given poem is based.įrom WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University.noun prosody The section of an ode that the chorus chants as it moves from right to left across the stage.noun prosody A turn in verse, as from one metrical foot to another, or from one side of a chorus to the other.See the Note under antistrophe.įrom Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. Also sometimes used of a stanza of modern verse. noun In Greek choruses and dances, the movement of the chorus while turning from the right to the left of the orchestra hence, the strain, or part of the choral ode, sung during this movement.noun In botany, one of the spirals formed in the development of leaves.įrom the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.It is hymnic in character, as opposed to the scoptic tone of the epirrhema. noun The fourth part of the parabasis and first part of the epirrhematic syzygy.noun In a narrower sense- The former of two metrically corresponding systems, as distinguished from the latter or antistrophe.noun In ancient prosody: A system the metrical form of which is repeated once or oftener in the course of a poem also, a stanza in modern poetry.noun In music, one of the more or less complete divisions into which a piece in song or dance form is divided: analogous to stanza in verse.noun The part of a choral ode sung while this movement is executed.noun The first turning movement of the chorus from one side of the orchestra to the other in classical Greek drama.
noun The first division of the triad constituting a section of a Pindaric ode.noun A stanza containing irregular lines.noun The first of a pair of stanzas of alternating form on which the structure of a given poem is based.From The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
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