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
We may yield to no one in the delight of tracing the exact correspondence of strophe and antistrophe in a Greek chorus, the subtle vowel-music of a Latin hymn or a passage of Rossetti's.
From Sir Walter Scott Famous Scots Series by George Saintsbury
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 Augusta J. Evans Wilson
The second is only a distant imitation of the antistrophe.
From Gryll Grange by Thomas Love Peacock
The metrical scheme of this sonnet is simple: a strophe balanced by an antistrophe.
From Select Masterpieces of Biblical Literature by Richard Green Moulton
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Reading: Literature - Drama - High School
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Ancient Greece: Mythology and Literature - High School
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