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monostrophic
[ mon-uh-strof-ik, -stroh-fik ]
adjective
- consisting of stanzas or strophes all having the same metrical structure.
noun
- monostrophics, monostrophic verses.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of monostrophic1
From the Greek word ³¾´Ç²Ô´Ç²õ³Ù°ù´Ç±è³ó¾±°ìó²õ, dating back to 1665–75. See monostrophe, -ic
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Monostrophic, mon-Å-strof′ik, adj. having but one strophe: not varied in measure.—n.
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In other respects a poem of this kind should, perhaps, more correctly be called monostrophic.
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The measure of Verse us'd in the Chorus is of all sorts, call'd by the Greeks Monostrophic, or rather Apolelymenon, without regard had to Strophe, Antistrophe or Epod, which were a kind of Stanza's fram'd only for the Music, then us'd with the Chorus that sung; not essential to the Poem, and therefore not material; or being divided into Stanza's or Pauses they may be call'd Allaeostropha.
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