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

And all the gapers, who had nothing of their own to suggest, answered with the antistrophe, “Who could it be?”

From St. Ronan's Well by Scott, Walter, Sir

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

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

The rambling meditations of Balsamo were soon concentrated upon a loftier theme, by the voice of Milton singing in a subdued tone the antistrophe of a favourite ode of Pindar.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 by Various