strophes in English

noun
1
the first section of an ancient Greek choral ode or of one division of it.
Most celebrated were the Epodes, songs in simple strophes usually made up of a hexameter or iambic trimeter plus one or two shorter cola.

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1. They fight, and fall, in strophes appropriate for recital in a warriors' banquet hall.

2. ‘ Apotropaic’ is a four stanza poem that is made up of strophes of four lines, called quatrains

3. The structure of the Antiphon thus consists of hymn-like strophes, interspersed with verses of Scripture, whereas the response is drawn from the psalm itself

4. Verse in the meter used in Greek and Latin poetry consisting of strophes of 4 tetrametric lines; reputedly invented by Alcaeus Familiarity information: Alcaic …

5. In the psalmus responsorius , moreover, all present take up the refrain, while in the case of the Antiphon, the hymn-like strophes are rendered alternately by …

6. Alcaic definition: verse in the meter used in Greek and Latin poetry consisting of strophes of 4 tetrametric lines; reputedly invented by Alcaeus synonyms: poem, verse form, Alcaic verse

7. Verse in the meter used in Greek and Latin poetry consisting of strophes of 4 tetrametric lines; reputedly invented by Alcaeus Familiarity information: Alcaic used as a noun is very rare.

8. L'histoire de la poésie retient en particulier les Ballades aux strophes carrées (le nombre de vers est égal au nombre de syllabes de chaque vers) de huit ou dix vers

9. Strophes of full song were related to 4 kinds of HR curves: a) an acceleration; b) an abrupt deceleration; c) a steady HR on the level of the resting HR values; d) a biphasic course.

10. Alcaic: 1 n verse in the meter used in Greek and Latin poetry consisting of strophes of 4 tetrametric lines; reputedly invented by Alcaeus Synonyms: Alcaic verse Type of: poem , verse form a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines

11. Alcaic: Dictionary/thesaurus [ home, info ] (Note: See Alcaics for more definitions.) Quick definitions from WordNet ( Alcaic) noun: verse in the meter used in Greek and Latin poetry consisting of strophes of 4 tetrametric lines; reputedly invented by Alcaeus

12. The Barman is the keeper of lost objects: a forgotten hoodie, a wallet full of cash, the strophes sung out in pain and despair, the beautiful moments that a rich life allows you to have and forget

13. The Alcaic ode is composed of several strophes, each consisting of four verses, the first two of which are always eleven-syllable Alcaics of the first kind; the third verse is an iambic dimeter hypercatalectic consisting of nine syllables; and the fourth verse is a ten-syllable Alcaic of the second kind.