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 Greek odes were accompanied by music and dancing, the singers moving to one side during the strophe, retracing their steps during the antistrophe, ... and standing still during the epode.

From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald

These have first a strophe of undetermined length, then an antistrophe identical in structure with the strophe, and then an epode, different in structure from the strophe and antistrophe.

From The Principles of English Versification by Baum, Paull Franklin

Metrical scheme: a brief strophe and antistrophe and conclusion. iii.

From Select Masterpieces of Biblical Literature by Moulton, Richard Green

We may yield to no one in the delight of tracing the exact correspondence of strophe and antistrophe in a Greek chorus, the subtle vowel-music of a Latin hymn or a passage of Rossetti's.

From Sir Walter Scott Famous Scots Series by Saintsbury, George