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
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
The author is not quite sure what strophe and antistrophe mean, but they appear to come in tragically here.
From Boycotted And Other Stories by Reed, Talbot Baines
Blood and sap raced gloriously together, while a chorus of conscious and unconscious creation sang the anthem of the Spring in solemn strophe and antistrophe.
From Children of the Mist by Phillpotts, Eden
Mr. Peaslee's reflections rose in a strophe of hope and fell in an antistrophe of despair.
From The Calico Cat by Thompson, Charles Miner
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Reading: Literature - Drama - High School
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Ancient Greece: Mythology and Literature - High School
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