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строфа — meaning in English

strofa

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English meaning

  • stanza noun A group of lines in a poem, set apart from the next group by a blank line and often sharing a fixed pattern of length, rhythm and rhyme.
  • stave noun One of the curved wooden strips fitted together to form the side of a barrel or cask.
  • strophe noun A turn in verse, as from one metrical foot to another, or from one side of a chorus to the other.
  • verse noun Writing arranged with rhythm and often rhyme, as in poetry.

Senses

строфа is used for these senses in English:

  • stanza (poetry) A unit of a poem, written or printed as a paragraph; equivalent to a verse.
  • stave (poetry) A metrical portion; a stanza; a staff.
  • strophe (prosody) A pair of stanzas of alternating form on which the structure of a given poem is based.
  • verse One of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed.

stanza — full definition

  1. noun A group of lines in a poem, set apart from the next group by a blank line and often sharing a fixed pattern of length, rhythm and rhyme.
  2. noun A verse of a song, as distinct from the chorus.

stave — full definition

  1. noun One of the curved wooden strips fitted together to form the side of a barrel or cask.
  2. noun A stanza of a poem or song; also the set of five lines music is written on.
  3. verb To break a hole in something, especially a barrel or boat hull ("stave in").
  4. verb To keep something away or delay it, especially in the phrase "stave off."

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