单词 | monostrophic |
释义 | monostrophicadj.n. Prosody. A. adj. Consisting of repetitions of a single strophic arrangement. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > types of poem according to form > [adjective] > monostrophic monostrophic1671 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes Pref. 5 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. 1788 R. Cumberland Observer IV. cxi. 158 By making his Chorus monostrophic, he has robbed it of that lyric beauty, which [etc.]. 1847 G. Grote Hist. Greece IV. ii. xxix. 119 Until this time [sc. 600 b.c.] the song had been monostrophic, consisting of nothing more than one uniform stanza, repeated from the beginning to the end of the composition. 1849 J. W. Donaldson Theatre of Greeks (ed. 6) i. ii. 27 The Dithyramb of Lasus eventually became monostrophic. 1955 Mod. Lang. Notes 70 615 The great majority of Walther's so-called ‘Sprüche’ were polystrophic, not monostrophic. 1988 Classical Q. New Ser. 38 63 Their poems are usually triadic (though they are sometimes monostrophic). B. n. A monostrophic poem. Chiefly in plural. Now historical and rare.Huntingford's Μετρικα τινα Μονοστροϕικα was published in Greek and Latin in 1782. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > types of poem according to form > [noun] > monostrophe monostrophic1707 monostrophe1890 1707 S. Cobb Poems sig. A8v The last Olympick has two Monostrophicks of different Measure. 1784 G. I. Huntingford (title) An apology for the monostrophics which were published in 1782. With a second collection of monostrophics. 1785 W. Cowper Let. 22 Oct. (1981) II. 389 Huntingford's Monostrophics. 1837 Southern Literary Messenger 3 271/2 Dr. Huntingford..published his ‘Greek Exercises’, and, subsequently, his ‘Monostrophics’, which were reviewed, in vos. 68 and 69 (old series) of the Monthly Review. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1671 |
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