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
A deliberate contrast seems to be made in each Chorus between the strophe and the antistrophe.
From Euripedes and His Age by Gilbert Murray
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 Sir Walter Scott
Mr. Peaslee's reflections rose in a strophe of hope and fell in an antistrophe of despair.
From The Calico Cat by Charles Miner Thompson
Behold, O King from the dark House of the grave, what we do! antistrophe.
From Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold by Matthew Arnold
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Reading: Literature - Drama - High School
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Ancient Greece: Mythology and Literature - High School
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