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
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
Behold, O King from the dark House of the grave, what we do! antistrophe.
From Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold by Arnold, Matthew
All comparatively unornamented matter was, however, but preparative to the lyric outburst,—the strophe and antistrophe of modulated song.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
