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strophe

/ˈstroʊfi/ /ˈstrɒfi/

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noun

Estrofa

A turn in verse, as from one metrical foot to another, or from one side of a chorus to the other.

Examples :

"The choir director signaled the strophe, indicating the sopranos should now echo the altos' melody in a new section of the song. "

El director del coro señaló la estrofa, indicando que las sopranos ahora deberían hacer eco de la melodía de las altos en una nueva sección de la canción.

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noun

Estrofa

The section of an ode that the chorus chants as it moves from right to left across the stage.

Examples :

"During the ancient Greek play, the chorus chanted the first strophe as they danced from stage right to stage left. "

Durante la antigua obra griega, el coro cantó la primera estrofa mientras bailaban de derecha a izquierda del escenario.

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noun

Estrofa

A pair of stanzas of alternating form on which the structure of a given poem is based.

Examples :

"The student noticed that the poem's entire structure was based on a repeating strophe of a short, rhyming couplet followed by a longer, unrhymed tercet. "

El estudiante notó que toda la estructura del poema se basaba en una estrofa repetida de un pareado corto y rimado seguido de un terceto más largo y sin rima.

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