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 metrical scheme of this sonnet is simple: a strophe balanced by an antistrophe.

From Select Masterpieces of Biblical Literature by Moulton, Richard Green

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

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 other two sang the praises of bed in fervent antistrophe till at last Bill rose with a groan and assumed his overcoat, badge and truncheon.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, January 12, 1916 by Seaman, Owen, Sir