antistrophe

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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 antistrophe corresponds metrically to the strophe, as usual; the epodes are in four-stress couplets.

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

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

"Stupid?" asked the lady, this time making the interrogation in the antistrophe of the chant.

From Trumps by Curtis, George William

Strophe, strōf′e, n. in the ancient drama, the song sung by the chorus while dancing towards one side of the orchestra, to which its reverse, the antistrophe, answers.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various