Significados de first strophe en inglés

The first strophe will suffice as a specimen:

Adrian threw off the first strophe of Clare's fortune in burlesque rhymes, with an insinuating gipsy twang.

I quote the first strophe entire:

This only became really odious when, with a formidable explosion, the first strophe of the Magnificat struck the arches.

As the first strophe died away, the valves of the shell reopened, and discovered Aphrodite crouching on one knee within.

His first strophe reads:

But scarcely had Clairval begun the first strophe when the thundering voice of Santerre called, "None of that, we will not hear the air!"