Definition of: strophe

(strō′fē) noun
1. In ancient Greek poetry, the verses sung by the chorus in a play while moving from right to left.
2. In classical prosody, the lines of an ode comprising a stanza and alternating with the antistrophe.
3. The first of two alternating metrical systems in a poem. [<Gk. strophē a turning, twist <strephein turn]
—stroph·ic (strof′ik, strō′fik) or ·i·cal adjective