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

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

The dancing even governed the measure of the stanzas; as the signification of the words strophe and antistrophe, plainly imports, they might be properly called danced himns.

From A Treatise on the Art of Dancing by Gallini, Giovanni-Andrea

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 Murray, Gilbert

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