<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>The part of an ancient Greek choral ode sung by the chorus when moving from right to left.</li><li>The movement performed by the chorus during the singing of this part.</li><li>The first of the three series of lines forming the divisions of each section of a Pindaric ode.</li><li>(In modern poetry) Any separate section or extended movement in a poem, distinguished from a stanza in that it does not follow a regularly repeated pattern.</li></ul>