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Murmuring strophes, she climbed on top of her stand-in husband. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
The deceased was the tragic hero, the survivors the innocent victims; there was the omnipresence of the deity, strophe and antistrophe of the chorus of mourners led by the preacher. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
Dressed in silver halters, robed in see-through shifts, they danced, reciting strophes that didn’t scan to the eerie piping of flutes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
In his word-drunk universe, “news” hooks up with “chartreuse,” “strophes” wins “trophies” and “rival” gets “adjectival.” Review: Rhyme Gone Wild in ‘The Metromaniacs’ 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z
He treats the work as a study in shifting colors, emphasizing the contrasting textures of each strophe, from harplike passages to rich orchestral sonorities. Recordings in review: the Transcendental Études, twice. ​ 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z
This is the center of the middle strophe of these three songs, the creation of a third person by a couple. 10 Hours Gives Us (Almost) All of Schumann’s Songs 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z
To whet your appetite, I've chosen the concluding strophes to represent this week's poem. Poem of the week: Lycidas by John Milton 2010-09-06T15:30:00Z
"It consists of short, varied strophes that are delivered at a fairly slow pace, with pauses of a few seconds between each strophe. Many strophes are rather simple and consist of a few whistled notes." Very rare Chinese robin sighted 2014-04-07T23:49:51Z
Though Brazil has earned a deserved reputation for its easygoing social relations, where class and cultural barriers break down at the first strophes of samba, the reality on the ground is sometimes starkly different. Rio’s Cops Get Tolerance Tutorial 2013-06-07T08:45:00Z
He went back to the piano, repeated the whole strophe, and finished. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z
In Greek choruses and dances, the returning of the chorus, exactly answering to a previous strophe or movement from right to left. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z
St Paul’s psalm is thus divided into three strophes, or stanzas: he sings the glory of redeeming love in its past designs, its present bestowments, and its future fruition. The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z
If it was not already known, the splendid strophes recovered at Oxyrhyncus would prove it. The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z
While the marquis and his affinity were fidgeting over experiments, he read impassioned strophes to the marquise. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z
The structure of the stanza or strophe always tends to the spherical. Goblins and Pagodas 2012-02-14T03:00:24.740Z
These strophes, written by the bivouac fires, had in them the soul of battle. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z
In such poetry the strophes may be unequal in length, each developing its own thought freely, and yet there is harmony in their combination. The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z
He was gran-ther to the knight In whose honor I indite Burning strophes of the soul 'propriate to the flowing bowl. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z
The characteristic strophe in which it is written consists of four verses, the first three of equal length, the fourth somewhat longer, rhymed in couplets on the final syllable. The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition 2012-01-04T03:00:37.750Z
The title within is: "Ten poems upon Supreme Felicity," although these so-called poems are simply strophes, never exceeding four verses of seven feet. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-03T03:00:07.630Z
His chief work, “the great Canon,” comprises no less than 250 strophes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z
They are genuinely Pindaric, that is, with corresponding strophes, antistrophes and epodes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z
The hounds, a choir invisible, carried their music on through the plantations, with whimpering, scurrying pauses, with strophe and anti-strophe of soprano and bass. In Mr. Knox's Country 2011-11-21T03:00:16.010Z
Four or five soldiers scattered here and there likewise showed their southern origin by shouting at the end of the strophe, Ol�, ol�! The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z
This view came, according to the strophe, from Odin's own lips. Teutonic Mythology, Vol. 1 of 3 Gods and Goddesses of the Northland 2011-10-31T02:00:30.820Z
The unit is the strophe, which may be the whole poem, or may be only a part. Some Imagist Poets, 1916 An Annual Anthology 2011-09-20T02:00:14.543Z
“Hey, there, youngster!” said the singer kindly as he reached the end of the strophe. In the Days of the Guild 2011-08-03T02:00:12.687Z
The president determines what song shall be sung; but he chooses one with numerous strophes. The Student-Life of Germany 2011-07-03T02:00:09.143Z
Wilt not the wail of thy old injustice and suffering prolong itself until the new strophe of hope shall be lost and forgotten? Modern Society 2011-06-23T02:00:27.897Z
This mythic situation is described in a hitherto unexplained strophe in the Old English song concerning the names of the letters in the runic alphabet. Teutonic Mythology, Vol. 1 of 3 Gods and Goddesses of the Northland 2011-10-31T02:00:30.820Z
At great festivals two choral dances and hymns were rendered to the sun, each strophe of which ended with the cry of Hailly, or 'triumph.' The Mythologies of Ancient Mexico and Peru 2011-06-13T02:00:26.863Z
And here are two of the most characteristic strophes from Ben Jonson’s hymns:— Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z
It has almost endless strophes, of which a few only are here given. The Student-Life of Germany 2011-07-03T02:00:09.143Z
To Sicily we trace the germs of Greek comedy, and the addition of the epode to the strophe and anti-strophe. Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z
This is evident from a comparison of strophe 21 with 25, the first and last of those quoted. Teutonic Mythology, Vol. 1 of 3 Gods and Goddesses of the Northland 2011-10-31T02:00:30.820Z
After each strophe the music struck in, consisting of two queerly shaped tambours and a shrill flute. The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume I 2011-05-22T02:00:16.657Z
Keats, when he rolls out these rebel names, has surely been haunted by the strophes of Ronsard:— Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z
The sixth strophe is then usually sung as the conclusion. The Student-Life of Germany 2011-07-03T02:00:09.143Z
The Gascon dirge is a kind of prose recitative made up of distinct exclamations that fall into irregular strophes. Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z
The correctness of Saxo's statement is fully confirmed by strophe 145 in Havam�l, which advocates the opposite and incomparably more moderate view in regard to sacrifices. Teutonic Mythology, Vol. 1 of 3 Gods and Goddesses of the Northland 2011-10-31T02:00:30.820Z
As the night waned, the moon emerged from ragged clouds, and gradually the lake quieted to its wonted crooning monologue, broken only by the strophe and antistrophe of startled water-fowl scattered by the storm. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z
Its strophes are longer and more irregular: its strain less inward and brooding, with more of lyric ardour and exaltation. Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z
Each strophe of Fra Jacopone's Canticles might be likened to a seed cast into the then fertile soil of the Franciscan Order, which bore fruit a thousand-fold in its own kind of spiritual poetry. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z
The means or instruments of poetry’s imitation are these verbal signs or words, arranged in lines, strophes or stanzas, so that their sounds have some of the regulated qualities and direct emotional effect of music. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z
In strophe 48, the last of the fragment, we find for the first time words which have the character of names—Danr and Danpr. Teutonic Mythology, Vol. 1 of 3 Gods and Goddesses of the Northland 2011-10-31T02:00:30.820Z
The nights were dark, the effects of light were gone; but in spite of this Rameses continued to see that brightness of the first night, and he heard the passionate strophes of the Greek singer. The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt 2011-03-08T03:00:42.177Z
Or we shall have a lyrical scene, strophe exactly balanced against antistrophe, more beautiful but slower still in its movement, and often at first hearing a little difficult to follow. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z
In the second I have forced myself to repeat the same rhyme at the close of each of the thirty-four strophes, which in the Italian has a very fine effect—the sound being ato. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z
The expression in the 6th strophe is very unequivocal— "Nor let my mistress, though she suffer her bosom to be invaded by a newer flame, forget the former bond." The Romance of Biography (Vol 1 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-02-25T03:01:04.597Z
The discussion or council is explained in strophe 24. Teutonic Mythology, Vol. 1 of 3 Gods and Goddesses of the Northland 2011-10-31T02:00:30.820Z
EPODE, in verse, the third part in an ode, which followed the strophe and the antistrophe, and completed the movement; it was called ἐπῳδὸς περίοδος by the Greeks. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z
A deliberate contrast seems to be made in each Chorus between the strophe and the antistrophe. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z
There was an out-cry in their passion-laden strophes which gathered volume as the years rolled over Italy, until at last, in her final prostration beneath Spanish Austria, they seemed less poems than authentic prophecies. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z
Let us also be thankful that Whitman did not write about the "technique of free verse," about "cadence," "strophe" and "return." The Literature of Ecstasy 2011-02-16T03:00:39.843Z
Before she had got through the second strophe, a carriage rattled into the courtyard. Under a Charm, Vol. II. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-14T03:00:34.173Z
At the end of the first strophe a Guard suggests that they should rouse the Lycians; at the end of the second the Leader definitely gives the word to do so. The Rhesus of Euripedes 2011-02-06T03:01:01.240Z
This canticle, however, beautiful as it is, lacks, as has well been remarked, one strophe. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z
Certain peculiarities, however, in the structure of the strophe render it probable that it was originally a quatrain followed by a ripresa of the same length. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z
A shout of laughter answered this strophe; some began to sing the r�frain and others joined them. Four Phases of Love
Altogether there are seven Latin odes, each ode composed of seven strophes. Catholic Churchmen in Science
The sudden ferocity towards Helen in the last strophe is quite in the manner of Euripides; cf. The Rhesus of Euripedes 2011-02-06T03:01:01.240Z
ANTISTROPHE, the portion of an ode which is sung by the chorus in its returning movement from west to east, in response to the strophe, which was sung from east to west. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo"
We were exercised in committing to memory whole pages in a quarter of an hour, and later I often learnt off at once eight, ten, or twelve strophes. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. II.
Whilst these strophes were being chanted, Peace and Justice approached one another nearer and nearer. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II.
In this strophe there seems to be an elaborate play on words. Stories and Ballads of the Far Past Translated from the Norse (Icelandic and Faroese) with Introductions and Notes
It is composed of five strophes, identical in arrangement, of eleven verses each, and of an envoi of five verses. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross"
It is of the nature of a reply, and balances the effect of the strophe. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo"
The translator shows his good judgment when he retains the original strophe, the characteristic last half-verse with its four ictus included. On the Heights A Novel
And while they were getting ready the combatants, which went by sundry fancy or favorite names, they had a poet in leash, who “improvised a strophe” for the occasion! Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4.
Chapters 5 and 6 are mainly taken from the poem Reginsm�l of which strophes 13-26 are quoted in our text. Stories and Ballads of the Far Past Translated from the Norse (Icelandic and Faroese) with Introductions and Notes
All the strophes are written on the five rhymes exhibited in the first strophe, the entire poem, therefore, consisting of sixty lines in the course of which five rhymes are repeated. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross"
As Milton says, “strophe, antistrophe and epode were a kind of stanza framed only for the music then used with the chorus that sang.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo"
Thus sang they in praise of Dingane, and two regiments within the centre space, drawn up under arms, took up the song, strophe by strophe! clashing together their war shields as they sang. The Induna's Wife
The barbaric strophes rolled in a wave of sound, rising higher with each repetition, and to the measured accompaniment of the dull thunder of stamping feet, the effect was weirdly grand in the darkness. John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising
The strophes which occur only in the former are marked with an asterisk. Stories and Ballads of the Far Past Translated from the Norse (Icelandic and Faroese) with Introductions and Notes
In strange contrast to which the cloud of armed warriors, squatted within the gates, chanting their menacing and barbarous strophes. The Triumph of Hilary Blachland
A “square” couplet, in French, for instance, is a strophe of eight lines, each composed of eight syllables. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile"
The Abb� Pessoneaux owed his life to his strophe, for, though his story was not questioned then, it was proved true in every particular. An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections
In Sir Gawayne the rimeless long line is gathered into strophes, each of which concludes with four riming lines. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History
It is even possible that the word R�ma is used advisedly in the first strophe of Olufu Kv��i, instead of the somewhat commoner Kv��i, with some reminiscence of its origin. Stories and Ballads of the Far Past Translated from the Norse (Icelandic and Faroese) with Introductions and Notes
Strophe by strophe, in a sort of antiphonal fashion, the two old indunas continued this weird litany of the Snake. The Triumph of Hilary Blachland
In the poem as adapted for music they alternate in sixteen strophes and antistrophes. The Standard Cantatas Their Stories, Their Music, and Their Composers
But none of us in Lyons, where I was born, knew who had written the last strophe, commonly called the 'strophe of the children,' and I doubt whether they were any wiser in Paris. An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections
Other tokens indicate that a short strophe composed of eight-syllabled lines, with single or alternating rhymes, was a favorite form for many subjects in this jongleur poetry.... English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History
He cannot scan a verse of Alc�us, but he knows how to arrange a camp according to the demands and advantages of the location, better than I can write an Alc�an strophe. A Captive of the Roman Eagles
The conversation was a prolonged paean to the host, with choral strophe and antistrophe. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20. July, 1877.
At its close the music changes in character and grows vigorous and excited as the first choir sings the second strophe, with which shortly the second choir joins in splendid eight-part harmony. The Standard Cantatas Their Stories, Their Music, and Their Composers
In short, the more sensible of the Paris population began to conclude that a little less intoning of patriotic strophes and a good deal more of juxtaposition with the German troops was becoming advisable. An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections
The stanza, or strophe, is the largest unit of verse-measure ordinarily recognized. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History
I dream, I dream of bloody days," and "My Songs," with this final strophe, all blood and fire:— "Wherefore doth this race of thralls endure it? Eyes Like the Sea
In the strophes of the poem one may assist at the Buddha's birth, an event which is said to have occurred at Kapilavastu. The Lords of the Ghostland A History of the Ideal
The odes are divided as usual into strophes and antistrophes, assigned alternately to a male chorus of fifteen and full chorus. The Standard Cantatas Their Stories, Their Music, and Their Composers
The cuckoo, the clock of the woods, has enough to do in striking the hours, and the thrush whistles in Greek strophes. Timar's Two Worlds
Thus Schipper observes: "The word strophe properly signifies a turning, and originally indicated the return of the song, as sung, to the melody with which it began." English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History
The exact meaning of the third strophe as here translated is not clear. Old English Poems Translated into the Original Meter Together with Short Selections from Old English Prose
In the strophes of the epic the earth was a flat and stationary parallelogram. The Lords of the Ghostland A History of the Ideal
It has an exordium, six strophes, each with its refrain, and an episode. The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877
Big gun and rifle fire mingled like strophe and antistrophe of an anthem of death. How I Filmed the War A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc.
In this case the tercets are united in groups of three to form a strophe of fourteen lines together with a final couplet riming with the middle line of the preceding tercet. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History
The metrical arrangement of this poem into strophes with a constant refrain is very unusual in the poetry of the Anglo-Saxons, though it is common among their Scandinavian kinsmen. Old English Poems Translated into the Original Meter Together with Short Selections from Old English Prose
"As a piece of poetical mechanism to be set to music, or recited in alternate strophe and anti-strophe," says Hazlitt, "nothing can be better." Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer
May I remark, by the way, that the Psalm falls rather into three strophes than into two. Notes and Queries, Number 218, December 31, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc
We may yield to no one in the delight of tracing the exact correspondence of strophe and antistrophe in a Greek chorus, the subtle vowel-music of a Latin hymn or a passage of Rossetti's. Sir Walter Scott Famous Scots Series
The Greek ode was commonly divided into the strophe, the antistrophe, and the epode; the strophe and antistrophe being identical in structure, though varying in different odes, and the epode being of different structure. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History
The first three strophes refer to the widely known story of Weland, or Wayland, the Vulcan of Norse myth. Old English Poems Translated into the Original Meter Together with Short Selections from Old English Prose
Exhaustless as the waves that kiss the brim, Under the gleaming moon of many moods, Were all the strophes of her attitudes. Enamels and Cameos and other Poems
In the Electra of the same author, during the strophes of one chorus, Orestes and Electra effect the death of the husband of Clytemnestra; during another, murder their unhappy mother herself. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846
It contains twenty-four strophes, each beginning with a letter of the Greek alphabet in alphabetical order, and ending with the same refrain. Hymns of the Greek Church Translated with Introduction and Notes
Perhaps only Collins's Ode to Evening can be compared with his success in this direction, and Collins used a more elaborate strophe to fill, in part, the place of rime. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History
If we’re in the theatre, let the chorus sing its last strophe and have done. A Victor of Salamis
Metrical scheme: a brief strophe and antistrophe and conclusion. iii. Select Masterpieces of Biblical Literature
Balassa was also the inventor of the strophe which goes by his name. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"
The Minstrel continued his laments, reddening with the strain of the painful crowing which ended every strophe. The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan
The antistrophe corresponds metrically to the strophe, as usual; the epodes are in four-stress couplets. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History
The first stanza, or strophe, vs. 46-48, illustrates, as do those which follow, one of the chief features of Hebrew poetry, namely, the expression, in successive lines, of thoughts which are parallel or closely related. The Gospel of Luke, An Exposition
The metrical scheme of this sonnet is an example of 'antistrophic inversion': that is, two strophes followed by their antistrophes, but the antistrophe to the second strophe precedes the antistrophe to the first. Select Masterpieces of Biblical Literature
It is an error to call these iambic odes “irregular,” although they do not follow the classic rules with strophe, antistrophe, and epode. Victorian Songs Lyrics of the Affections and Nature
Oscar Wilde would have liked this excuse for a poem ... even Robert Browning, who would have woven many moral strophes from this text.... The Merry-Go-Round
This ode was evidently intended to be in the regular Pindaric form, and was divided into strophes, antistrophes, and epodes; but it soon broke into irregularity. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History
In his introduction Hoffmann calls attention to the lack of variety in blank verse, but surely it does not have the monotony inherent in a recurring rime and strophe. The Translations of Beowulf A Critical Bibliography
The term strophe has come to be used also for verse paragraphs where there is no antistrophic arrangement. Select Masterpieces of Biblical Literature
When the first strophe had been sung below, and the sweet-voiced sisters caught up the antistrophe, Brother Friedsam, sitting in the midst, listened with painful attention, vainly trying to detect the sound of Tabea's voice. Duffels
One began the song: when he had ended his strophe, the other took up the lay, and so continued the song alternately. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 2
All comparatively unornamented matter was, however, but preparative to the lyric outburst,—the strophe and antistrophe of modulated song. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11
Again, rime and strophe force upon the author the use of words and phrases needed to pad out the verse or stanza. The Translations of Beowulf A Critical Bibliography
Section 2 is made up of introductory quatrain, strophe, and antistrophe. ii. Select Masterpieces of Biblical Literature
In his versification he attained new and alluring harmonies; he escaped from the rhythmical uniformity of eighteenth-century verse, gliding sinuously from line to line and from strophe to strophe. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II.
The dancing even governed the measure of the stanzas; as the signification of the words strophe and antistrophe, plainly imports, they might be properly called danced himns. A Treatise on the Art of Dancing
This only became really odious when, with a formidable explosion, the first strophe of the Magnificat struck the arches. En Route
The second strophe has a few good moments, but soon falls back into what is impudent enough to be actually catchy!—and that, too, of a Lowell Mason, Moody and Sankey catchiness. Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions
Besides the pair of strophes there may be an introduction, or conclusion, or both. Select Masterpieces of Biblical Literature
The nights were dark, the effects of light were gone; but in spite of this Ramses continued to see that brightness of the first night, and he heard the passionate strophes of the Greek singer. The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt
One began the song: when he had ended his strophe the other took up the lay, and so continued the song alternately. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1
These have first a strophe of undetermined length, then an antistrophe identical in structure with the strophe, and then an epode, different in structure from the strophe and antistrophe. The Principles of English Versification
It is full of grim fire, and the second strophe is at first simply terrible with awe. Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions
The metrical scheme of this sonnet is simple: a strophe balanced by an antistrophe. Select Masterpieces of Biblical Literature
He called upon her to save their little band by singing a strophe. Browning's Heroines
The author is not quite sure what strophe and antistrophe mean, but they appear to come in tragically here. Boycotted And Other Stories
The second strophe and second antistrophe are identical metrically with the first, the second epode with the first epode; and so on. The Principles of English Versification
The song rarely exceeded one strophe; the lay frequently did. A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present
It is not a little singular that, in this particular, he resembles the inhabitants of Otaheite; one of whom Bougainville describes as having sung in strophes all that struck him during a voyage. Béarn and the Pyrenees A Legendary Tour to the Country of Henri Quatre
He takes few words to tell what has given rise to innumerable strophes. Historical Tales, Vol. 6 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. French.
Mr. Peaslee's reflections rose in a strophe of hope and fell in an antistrophe of despair. The Calico Cat
The stanza or strophe is a combination of two or more lines of the same or varying lengths, according to a regular pattern chosen by the poet. The Principles of English Versification
The melody of the first strophe of this exquisite music might have been written for Church. A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present
Each strophe is terminated by a refrain, of which the conclusion has the same melody as the first stanza of each of the strophes. Some Forerunners of Italian Opera
After about an hour's steady firing, on the same lines as the strophe and anti-strophe of a Greek chorus—noise and damage about equal, that is—the excitement began in real earnest. With Our Army in Palestine
As they followed the friar from station to station they sang in monotonous tones the strophes of the Stabat Mater. The Eternal City
The simplest metrical unit is the syllable; the next higher unit is the foot, a group of syllables; the next higher unit the line, a group of feet; then the stanza or strophe. The Principles of English Versification
In the second strophe the soprano voice takes the melody, which is supported by rare harmonies and a lovely figuration in the alto. A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present
They sing in Latin, and their three strophes have a melody different from that of the preceding strophes. Some Forerunners of Italian Opera
When a man has got so far as to bring to England all the pagan deities, and rival shepherds contending for bowls and lambs in alternate strophes, these niceties seem a little out of place. Alexander Pope English Men of Letters Series
The dialogue between Chorus and Cassandra falls into lyrical strophes and antistrophes: Cassandra, by her prophetic gift, can see all that is going on and about to be consummated within the Palace. Story of Orestes A Condensation of the Trilogy
The young maenad nearest me was concluding every strophe by shrieking that she didn't care where the water went if it didn't get into the wine.* Gilbert Keith Chesterton
The third strophe brings back again the principal subject, and a splendid climax is made, after which an elaborate coda concludes the work. A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present
All the strophes change the melody at each change of personages. Some Forerunners of Italian Opera
This exalted song—the work of a boy of scarcely twenty-one—is a Greek ode in form, of two 521 / 461 hundred and sixteen lines in twenty-seven strophes. The Story of the Hymns and Tunes
If the weather is calm and hot, towards mid-day the song of the Cigale is divided into strophes of several seconds' duration, which are separated by brief intervals of silence. Social Life in the Insect World
The indignation of the constitutional party burst forth in ironical strophes in a hymn of André Chénier, in which that young poet avenged the laws, and marked himself out for the scaffold. History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution
Eloise was radiant, for her heart was singing within her a splendid strophe of joy. Flower of the Dusk
But Lowell asks his critic to observe that this strophe "leads naturally" to the next, and "that I there justify" the sentiment. The Vision of Sir Launfal And Other Poems by James Russell Lowell; Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Julian W. Abernethy, PH.D.
Instead of such recurrent rhyme he employs changing rhyme and free strophes. The Influence of India and Persia on the Poetry of Germany
Then, of a sudden, begins a new strophe, a monotonous repetition of the first; and so on indefinitely. Social Life in the Insect World
It was like a strophe from the primeval language of all languages. The Shoulders of Atlas A Novel
It would be a hopeless task for an English translator to attempt versions of these poems that should reproduce the original strophe forms. Frédéric Mistral Poet and Leader in Provence
Compare these lines with the ninth strophe of Wordsworth's Ode. The Vision of Sir Launfal And Other Poems by James Russell Lowell; Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Julian W. Abernethy, PH.D.
The great fault is the frequent harshness of the style, principally in the choruses, where some strophes are almost uncouth. Life of John Milton
I shall conclude to-day with a striking instance of this, with four strophes from the 107th Psalm, taking leave to use at will the Authorised, the Revised and the Coverdale Versions. On The Art of Reading
"Pronounce in a whisper, and have a bronze image therewith," commands the ancient text, and runs on for many strophes in this fashion: Let them die, but let me live! The Profits of Religion, Fifth Edition
His strophes are not the artificial complications of the Troubadours, and if these greatly variedPg 88 forms cost him effort to produce, his art is most marvellously concealed. Frédéric Mistral Poet and Leader in Provence
He afterward made a few verbal changes, and added one new strophe after the eighth. The Vision of Sir Launfal And Other Poems by James Russell Lowell; Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Julian W. Abernethy, PH.D.
His chanting and his playing answer and supplement each other, like strophe and antistrophe. Idolatry A Romance
Each strophe, you will note, has a double refrain. On The Art of Reading
They lived in a perfect frenzy of romanticism, winged strophes alternated with coarse garrison stories, odes were flung upon the burning, flashing, luminous atmosphere that enwrapt them. His Masterpiece
Rhyme and strophe are given up, only rhythm remains. Recent Developments in European Thought
This strophe was not in the ode as delivered, but was written immediately after the occasion, and included in the published poem. The Vision of Sir Launfal And Other Poems by James Russell Lowell; Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Julian W. Abernethy, PH.D.
Erect, fair-haired, blue-eyed, tactful and informing, they are the true friends of the homeless!—And so on for many strophes. A Wanderer in Holland
This is the best interpretation I can offer of this obscure strophe. The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson
Blood and sap raced gloriously together, while a chorus of conscious and unconscious creation sang the anthem of the Spring in solemn strophe and antistrophe. Children of the Mist
Sing them a strophe, with the turn-again, Down to the verse that ends all, proverb like. The Poetry Of Robert Browning
Here again the thought is suggested by Wordsworth's Ode, sixth strophe: "Earth fills our lap with pleasures of her own." The Vision of Sir Launfal And Other Poems by James Russell Lowell; Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Julian W. Abernethy, PH.D.
Choral meeting solo, and overture meeting antiphon, and strophe joining dithyramb, as they roll into the ocean of doxologies. New Tabernacle Sermons
The first 7 strophes seem hardly connected with the following ones, which, as far as the 32nd consist chiefly in aphorisms with examples, some closely resembling those in the Havamal. The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson
By degrees her voice became firmer and stronger, until at the end of each strophe the word eleïson rose like a sonorous hymn to heaven. The Amulet
Its long pious descriptions of natural phenomena have none of the imposing flow of Thomson's strophes. The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times
At the end of the third strophe of the "Commemoration Ode," for instance, Truth is pictured as Brynhild, plumed and mailed, With sweet, stern face unveiled. The Influence of Old Norse Literature on English Literature
It consists of nineteen strophes, each having three lines. Notes and Queries, Number 37, July 13, 1850
This element lurks under many a musical strophe and crowns many a regal verse. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 2, February, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy
The transition from De Quincey's childhood to his opium-experiences is as natural, therefore, as from strophe to antistrophe in choral antiphonies. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 71, September, 1863
Her step, as she advanced towards me, was undulating and rhythmical like a Greek strophe. The Cross of Berny
The seven-times-repeated "Bind the red rings, O Sigurd," is an admirable poem, but it does not contain information concerning Brynhild, as do the strophes of Reginsmál which are the model for this lay. The Influence of Old Norse Literature on English Literature
Associated words: strophe, antistrophe, epode. chosen, a. selected. Putnam's Word Book
Very well! take away the strophe I speak of, the stanza has no connection with those that precede or follow it; it is absolutely useless. Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume I
One of the hymns contained a strophe—"Should misfortune come upon us," which her friends wanted her to have omitted as striking too melancholy a note. William of Germany
Mr. Körner quite forgets with what sort of people he is dealing when, in the third strophe, he expects the soldiers to let themselves be slaughtered for German art and German song. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09 Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig
In half a dozen strophes Massey has told a whole saga, and has found time, too, to describe "an iron hero of Norse mould." The Influence of Old Norse Literature on English Literature
She gave him paper and a pencil, and he leaned on the marble chimney-piece and wrote a few stanzas, plaintive and tearful as the funeral strophes of Gilbert. Raphael Pages of the Book of Life at Twenty
He was quite familiar with the song in which the tears of the rain form the strophes, and he knew that neither dog, nor man, nor fox, nor hawk had any part in it. Romance of the Rabbit
To right and left of the high altar, the canons squatting at their red-lacquered praying-desks, were reciting the sutras in strophe and antistrophe. Kimono
I am glad that I am not able to characterize the separate strophes of this poem; they are, what the divisions of a poem should be, nothing, when they are detached from the whole. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09 Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig
The second strophe of the first Ode is inexcusable, nor do I wonder your Lordship blames it; even when one does understand it, perhaps the last line is too turgid. Selected English Letters (XV - XIX Centuries)
If the Greek strophes of Sappho are the very fire of love, these Scotch notes are the very life's blood and tears of a heart stricken to death by Fate. Raphael Pages of the Book of Life at Twenty
He had been debating in his own mind whether he should adopt the Dante rhyme for his ode to the young Madonna, or make it in strophes. The Italians
The sentences are composed of short parallel clauses, and the nature of the material induced a division into paragraphs which resemble strophes. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1
The fifth strophe contains a real human sentiment; it might exclaim with Falstaff, "Heaven send me better company!" The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09 Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig
As he played the chords after the first strophe, the voice from above whispered again: "Hush! for Heaven's sake!" A Roman Singer
Then, through a ventilator, he permitted these fragrant waves to escape, only preserving the field which he renewed, compelling it to return in his strophes like a ritornello. Against the Grain
Ah, me! what strains and strophes of unwritten verse pulsate through my soul when I open a certain closet in the ancient house where I was born! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 04, February, 1858
Sometimes the strophe seems to contain four lines, sometimes more. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1
The first strophe of this inartistic idyl will doubtless be all the reader will care to see. The Mystery of Metropolisville
Of the three parts of the ode, the strophe, the antistrophe, and the epode, each was to be sung at a particular part of the procession. The Symbolism of Freemasonry
I was saying just now that the hymns of Prudentius, by the dramatic rapidity of the narrative, by the composition of the strophe, and by their wit, remind me very forcibly of our English ballads. A Mere Accident
He recalled suddenly a strophe of the songs of praise that the devotees of his land used to sing before the altars of this saint. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel
His metres were lively, and the care which he expended upon his strophes has led to the naming of one metre the 'Alcaic.' Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1
He could see the court of Valencia, with the romantic gardens of Ruzafa, where poets sang mournful strophes over the wane of the Valencian Moor, while beautiful maidens listened from behind the blossoming rose-bushes. The Torrent Entre Naranjos
The reader's voice lost in fullness and certainty as he neared the end of this strophe. The Wrong Twin
The favorite stanza of Schiller is only one of the numerous strophe forms of our narrative or reflective lyric; it has never attained an "ethos" peculiar to itself. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 01 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English.
Pissin gives the number of verse and strophe forms on p. Graf von Loeben and the Legend of Lorelei
Tradition has preserved some wild strophes of the barbarous hymn which she chanted wildly amid that scene of fire and of slaughter:— 1. Ivanhoe
The doubt and pessimism that marked the end of the nineteenth century find a voice in the bell-like strophes with which the volume closes. Ponkapog Papers
La! my friend," she said, with the same assumed flippancy of manner, "then you are where you were before, aren't you? and you can let me enjoy the last strophe of the ARIA. The Scarlet Pimpernel
Then the king gave him the scabbard, observing that the word sword was wanting in one line of his strophe. Heimskringla, or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway
The verse and strophe form, the rhyme scheme, the accent, the melody, except for Heine's superiority, are the same in both. Graf von Loeben and the Legend of Lorelei
If I were to compare human society to the old Greek tragedies, I should say that the phalanx of noble minds and lofty souls dances the strophe, and the humble multitude the antistrophe. What is Property?
The form is a pseudo-antique strophe such as Klopstock often used; the substance a rhetorical denunciation of military ambition. The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller
In the 2d strophe, there seems to be too much play of fancy to be consistent with that continued elevation we are taught to expect from the strain of the foregoing. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820
The king gave him a sword without a scabbard, and said, "Now compose me a song upon this sword, and let the word sword be in every line of the strophe." Heimskringla, or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway
It is the old strophe and antistrophe of begging and blessing, and the singers are so wretched that one is often softened into charity. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859
At this time he conceived God as the Great Musician of the spheres; and soon he will write that "we are a strophe in a poem." Saint Augustin
A final strophe, urging grace to the criminal on the scaffold, general forgiveness of sinners and the abolition of hell, was rejected by Schiller, who later characterized the song as a 'bad poem'. The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller
I maintain, that in the 2d antist: you do disjoin Nature and the world, and contrary to your conduct in the 2d strophe. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820
Thorarin then composed a stave as a refrain, which he inserted in the poem, and also augmented it with several other strophes or verses. Heimskringla, or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway
Why, from Susan Bates, to be sure—and in this very place: strophe and antistrophe. With the Procession
The last strophe of the choral service can be heard from across the courtyard. The Road to Damascus
Really, are they lilies, or children, or the embodied strophes of a psalter? you ask. Earthwork out of Tuscany Being Impressions and Translations of Maurice Hewlett
Some of the strophes of the fairies are most beautifully poetic. The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, Volume 1
He felt like one of the old Greek chorus with strophe and antistrophe, and it was a weight upon his mind lest he should not laugh properly at the end. Authors and Friends
Fine loss was this for anger's vent— A strophe ill made midst your play, Sweet sound that chased the words away In stormy flight. Poems
If I may venture an opinion, I think it inconceivably difficult to get at the pith of the strophe. Lucky Pehr
It is as if Sophocles should have given a strophe to every bullock slain by Ajax in his mad foray upon the Grecian commissary stores. Among My Books First Series
Strophe by strophe that perfect litany rose and was lost in a cloud of incense, in the mazy arches of the roof. The Poems and Prose of Ernest Dowson With a memoir by Arthur Symons
For this hymn of the primal gods was now substituted the hideous strophes and antistrophes of the grimy spirits of darkest New York. The Subterranean Brotherhood
The first, made up of uniform stanzas, was called "Aeolian" or "Horatian,"—since Horace imitated the simple, regular strophes of his Greek models. A Study of Poetry
Then play up your strophe so we may hear if you lie. Lucky Pehr
It contains three turnings or strophes, the first two of which have two clauses each, and the third three. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke
Thus, in the poem of Job the second line of the strophe expresses an idea very closely resembling that embodied in the first; and the third and fourth run parallel in like manner. The Sceptics of the Old Testament: Job - Koheleth - Agur
Frugoni reads his new production; ten exclamations receive the first strophe; the second awakens twenty evvivas; and when the reading is ended the noise of the plaudits is so great that they cannot be counted. Modern Italian Poets Essays and Versions
Even in such regular strophes as those of Keats's "Grecian Urn," who remembers that the rhyme scheme of the first stanza is unlike that of the following stanzas? A Study of Poetry
The versification consists of strophes of six or eight lines, without rhyme or alliteration. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities
There were several strophes of this heavenly poetry. Recollections of My Childhood and Youth
That the strophes consisted of four lines is a discovery of Prof. Bickell's. The Sceptics of the Old Testament: Job - Koheleth - Agur
As the hymn developed, the chorus and strophe were dropped, and the narrative only was preserved. National Epics
The word "stanza" or "strophe" means literally "a resting-place," a halt or turn, that is to say, after a uniform group of rhymed lines. A Study of Poetry
The poems consist of strophes of six or eight lines each, with little of the alliteration by which the Scalds were afterwards distinguished. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities
Mr. Thibaudier, sit down there, and read your strophes to us. The Countess of Escarbagnas
The metre of     the strophe is identical with that of the "Poem of Job." The Sceptics of the Old Testament: Job - Koheleth - Agur
They answered in strophe and antistrophe, sometimes together in full chorus, and again in semichorus, and with variations, that it was impossible. The Path to Rome
Carlyle here reproduces in metrical form a few strophes. The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original
Had there been a real lady in the case, the tone would have been less measured, and the strophes less skilfully balanced. Horace
I do not call them, like you, two strophes merely; but two epigrams, as good as any of Martial's. The Countess of Escarbagnas
Again, all Agur's proverbs are in the form of strophes of six lines each; but this passage consists of five distichs. The Sceptics of the Old Testament: Job - Koheleth - Agur
Probably they never ventured into the labyrinths of the choral strophes, which were neither calculated for the language nor for the ear of the Romans. Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature
The first attempt at a complete metrical translation was made in 1848 by Jonathan Birch, who however only reproduces Lachmann's twenty lieder, with some fifty-one strophes added on his own account. The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original
The bitter strophes of this lament seem to be cadenced by the Mediterranean itself and to be in rhythm, like its melopoeia. Une Vie, a Piece of String and Other Stories
But, Madam, we shall see if my comedy, with its interludes and dances, will counteract in your mind the progress which the two strophes have made. The Countess of Escarbagnas
The ethics open with six metrical strophes composed, so to say, in the minor key, which harmonises with the disheartening conclusions of the foregoing. The Sceptics of the Old Testament: Job - Koheleth - Agur
From this the transition to more measured strophes, either in ottave rime, or in direct lyrical metres, would be easy. Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature
Birch has created an entirely different form of strophe in which all four lines are alike, each containing seven principal accents, with the cæsura, following the fourth foot. The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original
From the first strophe we learn that Kleandros had won a Nemean as well as an Isthmian victory, and perhaps this ode really belongs to the former. The Extant Odes of Pindar
The poem is arranged in strophes, each one telling of some afflicted hero and ending with the same refrain: His sorrow passed away; so will mine. English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World
They are not even in the same metre as Job, but contain strophes of three lines only. The Sceptics of the Old Testament: Job - Koheleth - Agur
Many strophes are found in them of the same meter as those on the tombstones of the Viking Age and those in which the songs of the Edda are chiefly written. Norwegian Life
Lettsom makes the first serious attempt to reproduce the original strophe. The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original
Like chorus and semi-chorus, strophe and antistrophe, they work each against the other. Note Book of an English Opium-Eater
But not at once; ah, no; for this charming royal idyll had its changing strophes, marking deepening degrees of sentiment—admiration, interest, hope, assurance, joyous certainty. Queen Victoria, her girlhood and womanhood
As the first strophe died away, the valves of the shell reopened, and discovered Aphrodite crouching on one knee within. Hypatia — or New Foes with an Old Face
This dreadful analysis of his mother, strophe after strophe, it rose before him, it again drove him into the state of mind in which he had been among the hills and woods of Eidsvold. Absalom's Hair
It is just this lengthened close of each strophe that gives the Nibelungenlied its peculiar metrical character and contributes not a little to the avoidance of monotony in a poem of over two thousand strophes. The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original
"Would you mind substituting 'neuropter' in the third strophe?" he ventured. The Unspeakable Perk
Then came two strophes of a sentimental drawing-room song, and lastly, an impassioned appeal to be allowed to see her husband, were it only for five minutes. In the Year of Jubilee
The more I chanted antistrophe to her strophe of lamentation the more was I welcome in her drawing-room. The Red Planet
But scarcely had Clairval begun the first strophe when the thundering voice of Santerre called, "None of that, we will not hear the air!" Marie Antoinette and Her Son
A brief account of the Nibelungen strophe may not be out of place here, owing to the fact that its character has generally been misunderstood. The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original
I look upon its formulae, its strophes as superb, without feeling at all astonished when others do not agree. The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography
Ah me! what strains and strophes of unwritten verse pulsate through my soul when I open a certain closet in the ancient house where I was born! Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works
And from somewhere far away in the recesses of that great cave came the answering strophe. The Wanderer's Necklace
I wanted to invite thee to-day to a feast," continued Nero, "but I prefer to shut myself in and polish that cursed line in the third strophe. Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero
The origin and evolution of the strophe have been the subject of much discussion, the results of which we need not pause to formulate here. The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original
Single passages in an ode, sometimes two or three strophes together, may look like an ancient fragment; but a longer extract will seldom keep this character throughout. The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy
This splendid treatment of the voices, recurring three times, ends in the last strophe with a stretto in G major of absolutely overpowering effect. Massimilla Doni
"Pronounce in a whisper, and have a bronze image therewith," commands the ancient text, and runs on for many strophes in this fashion:       Let them die, but let me live! The Profits of Religion
I shall recall, line by line, strophe by strophe, our glorious five years' poem. The Marriage Contract
The metrical character of the Nibelungen strophe is thus due to its fixed number of accented syllables. The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original
Through the violet twilight drifted the winged strophes of the Marseillaise, or the heroic affirmations of the Chant du Depart. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
The manly strophe of the husbands of the world, And all the wives responding. Leaves of Grass
Danton was heard to grumble at the civic strophes; and to recommend prose and decency. The French Revolution
The rhymes are arranged in the order of "a", "a", "b", "b", though in a few isolated cases near the end of the poem but one rhyme is used throughout the strophe. The Nibelungenlied
Slowly the strophe and antistrophe of frogs and goat-suckers resumed possession of his consciousness. The Research Magnificent
Fast enough now comes Decree after Decree, in alternate brief strains, or strophe and antistrophe,—what will cheapen bread, what will awaken the dormant lion. The French Revolution
The "Nibelungen" strophe is presumably much older, and, having become popular in Austria through the poem, was adopted by Kurenberg for his purposes. The Nibelungenlied
Nay, were it too much to ask of an august National Representation that it also went with us to the ci-devant Cathedral called of Notre-Dame, and executed a few strophes in worship of her? The French Revolution
A further peculiarity of the "Nibelungen" strophe is the frequent omission of the unaccented syllable in the second half of the last line of the strophe between the second and third stresses. The Nibelungenlied
They are partly heroic, partly mythological in character, and are written in alliterative strophes interspersed with prose, and have the form of dialogues. The Nibelungenlied
Saxon, and the Rhenish traditions, prove that the strophe is considerably older than the preserved redactions of our poem, and that it was probably of Saxon origin. The Nibelungenlied
The "Nibelungen" strophe consists of four long lines separated by a caesura into two distinct halves. The Nibelungenlied
The Address we do not give; for indeed it was in strophes, sung viva voce, with all the parts;—Danton glooming considerably, in his place; and demanding that there be prose and decency in future. The French Revolution
Examples of this will be found in the second, third, and fifth strophes of the passage given above. The Nibelungenlied
The first three lines have each three stresses in the second half, while the second half of the fourth line has four accents to mark the end of the strophe. The Nibelungenlied
This longer fourth line is one of the most marked characteristics of the "Nibelungen" strophe. The Nibelungenlied
Caesural rhymes are frequently met with, and were considered by Lachmann to be the marks of interpolated strophes, a view no longer held. The Nibelungenlied
Addresses come, Revolutionary Church-plunder comes; Deputations, with prose, or strophes: these the Convention receives. The French Revolution
This strophe is evidently a late interpolation, as it contradicts the description given above. The Nibelungenlied
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