strophe — meaning in English

English meaning

• rhyme noun A similarity of sound between the endings of words, especially at the ends of lines of verse.
• 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.

Senses

strophe is used for these senses in English:

• rhyme A thought expressed in verse; a verse; a poem; a tale told in verse.
• 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.

rhyme — full definition

1. noun A similarity of sound between the endings of words, especially at the ends of lines of verse.
2. noun A short poem or verse, especially one with rhyming lines.
3. verb Of a word, to end with the same sound as another word.
4. verb To write in verse, using words that match in sound.

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.

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