strophic

adjective

stro·​phic ˈstrō-fik 

ˈsträ-

1

: relating to, containing, or consisting of strophes

2

of a song : using the same music for successive stanzas compare through-composed

Examples of strophic in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This strophic song in five verses conveys the journeyman’s joyfulness through a jaunty, tuneful vocal line over a steadily striding piano accompaniment. — Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026

Many, if not most, of the songs are strophic, with the same music repeated three, four or five times for different verses. — Ian Bostridge, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2020

Word History

First Known Use

1848, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for strophic

• mafic
• catastrophic
• geostrophic
• philosophic
• pleomorphic
• ultramafic
• heterotrophic