strophe

Meaning

Noun

• A turn in verse, as from one metrical foot to another, or from one side of a chorus to the other.
• The section of an ode that the chorus chants as it moves from right to left across the stage.
• A pair of stanzas of alternating form on which the structure of a given poem is based.

Origin

• Borrowed from Latin stropha, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek στροφή ("a turn, bend, twist").