monostrophic

monostrophic
/mon'euh strof"ik, -stroh"fik/, adj.
1. consisting of stanzas or strophes all having the same metrical structure.
n.
2. monostrophics, monostrophic verses.
[1665-75; < Gk monostrophikós. See MONOSTROPHE, -IC]

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