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 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 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 Baum, Paull Franklin
Metrical scheme: a brief strophe and antistrophe and conclusion. iii.
From Select Masterpieces of Biblical Literature by Moulton, Richard Green
As Milton says, “strophe, antistrophe and epode were a kind of stanza framed only for the music then used with the chorus that sang.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various
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Reading: Literature - Drama - High School
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Ancient Greece: Mythology and Literature - High School
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