antistrophe
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The deceased was the tragic hero, the survivors the innocent victims; there was the omnipresence of the deity, strophe and antistrophe of the chorus of mourners led by the preacher.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
The conversation was a prolonged paean to the host, with choral strophe and antistrophe.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20. July, 1877. by Various
Behold, O King from the dark House of the grave, what we do! antistrophe.
From Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold by Matthew Arnold
The antistrophe corresponds metrically to the strophe, as usual; the epodes are in four-stress couplets.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Raymond MacDonald Alden
As Milton says, “strophe, antistrophe and epode were a kind of stanza framed only for the music then used with the chorus that sang.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various
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Reading: Literature - Drama - High School
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Ancient Greece: Mythology and Literature - High School
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