Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for STRO'PHE, or STRO'PHY
STROPSTRO'PHI-O-LATE, or STRO'PHI-O-LA-TED
STRO'PHE, or STRO'PHY, n. [Fr. strophe; It. strofa, strofe; Gr. στροφη, a turn, from στρεφω, to turn.]
In Greek poetry, a stanza; the first member of a poem. This is succeeded by a similar stanza called antistrophy.
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