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 second strophe and second antistrophe are identical metrically with the first, the second epode with the first epode; and so on.
From The Principles of English Versification by Paull Franklin Baum
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 Raymond MacDonald Alden
A deliberate contrast seems to be made in each Chorus between the strophe and the antistrophe.
From Euripedes and His Age by Gilbert Murray
Or we shall have a lyrical scene, strophe exactly balanced against antistrophe, more beautiful but slower still in its movement, and often at first hearing a little difficult to follow.
From Euripedes and His Age by Gilbert Murray
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Reading: Literature - Drama - High School
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Ancient Greece: Mythology and Literature - High School
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