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

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

The conversation was a prolonged paean to the host, with choral strophe and antistrophe.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20. July, 1877. by Various

All comparatively unornamented matter was, however, but preparative to the lyric outburst,—the strophe and antistrophe of modulated song.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright

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