antistrophe

Example Sentences

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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

As the night waned, the moon emerged from ragged clouds, and gradually the lake quieted to its wonted crooning monologue, broken only by the strophe and antistrophe of startled water-fowl scattered by the storm.

From A Speckled Bird by Wilson, Augusta J. Evans

And all the gapers, who had nothing of their own to suggest, answered with the antistrophe, “Who could it be?”

From St. Ronan's Well by Scott, Walter, Sir

The author is not quite sure what strophe and antistrophe mean, but they appear to come in tragically here.

From Boycotted And Other Stories by Reed, Talbot Baines

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 Alden, Raymond MacDonald