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
A deliberate contrast seems to be made in each Chorus between the strophe and the antistrophe.
From Euripedes and His Age by Murray, Gilbert
The metrical scheme of this sonnet is simple: a strophe balanced by an antistrophe.
From Select Masterpieces of Biblical Literature by Moulton, Richard Green
It is an error to call these iambic odes “irregular,” although they do not follow the classic rules with strophe, antistrophe, and epode.
From Victorian Songs Lyrics of the Affections and Nature by Garrett, Edmund Henry
EPODE, in verse, the third part in an ode, which followed the strophe and the antistrophe, and completed the movement; it was called ἐπῳδὸς περίοδος by the Greeks.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
