n. In ancient prosody: A system the metrical form of which is repeated once or oftener in the course of a poem; also, a stanza in modern poetry.n. In a narrower sense— The former of two metrically corresponding systems, as distinguished from the latter or antistrophe.n. The fourth part of the parabasis and first part of the epirrhematic syzygy. It is hymnic in character, as opposed to the scoptic tone of the epirrhema.n. In botany, one of the spirals formed in the development of leaves.n. In music, one of the more or less complete divisions into which a piece in song or dance form is divided: analogous to stanza in verse.