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Definitions of strophe
  1. noun
    one section of a lyric poem or choral ode in classical Greek drama
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Definition that contains strophe
  • visitation any disaster or catastrophe
  • antistrophe the section of a choral ode answering a previous strophe in classical Greek drama; the second of two metrically corresponding sections in a poem
  • survivor guilt a deep feeling of guilt often experienced by those who have survived some catastrophe that took the lives of many others; derives in part from a feeling that they did not do enough to save the others who perished and in part from feelings of being unworthy relative to those who died
  • apostrophize use an apostrophe
  • alcaic verse verse in the meter used in Greek and Latin poetry consisting of strophes of 4 tetrametric lines; reputedly invented by Alcaeus
  • antistrophic of or relating to an antistrophe
  • symploce repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning and another at the end of successive clauses, i.e., simultaneous use of anaphora and epistrophe
  • force majeure a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events
  • unavoidable casualty a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events
  • apostrophic of or characteristic of apostrophe
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