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  • n  one section of a lyric poem or choral ode in classical Greek drama

  • Take one old derelict singing a strophe of a religious anthem in a raspy voice.
  • In spite of valiant effort by a harassed cast, the dialog is of the prithee and methinks kind and never gets the strophe of real human talk.
  • First: the catalogue, which seems to be completed in the first strophe with the climactic iyw 8, is resumed after an interval of three strophes.
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    One strophe into her slowed, soulful adaptation of Canray Fontenot’s “ Les Plats Sont Tous Mis Sur La Table ,” Leyla McCalla looked up just slightly. Perhaps it was to take in Cafe Nine’s waitstaff moving with just a little more grace as they soaked in the music. Perhaps to get a better look at a woman in the front row, a snake swaying to her long-lost charmer. Or perhaps to glance at the ...
    Feb. 17, 2014 - New Haven Independent

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