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epode

[ep-ohd] / ˈɛp oʊd /


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Stars now they sparkle In the northern Heaven— The guard Arcturus, The guard-watch'd Bear. epode.

From Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold by Matthew Arnold

The epode soon took a firm place in choral poetry, which it lost when that branch of literature declined.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various

The poet was Horace, who in the sixteenth epode had candidly expressed the fears of Roman republicans for Rome's capacity to survive.

From Vergil A Biography by Tenney Frank

This lofty rhyme is built up of strophes, anti-strophes, and an epode.

From Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 31, October 29, 1870 by Various

He was also the first to make use of the arrangement of verses called the epode.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various




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