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

These have first a strophe of undetermined length, then an antistrophe identical in structure with the strophe, and then an epode, different in structure from the strophe and antistrophe.

From The Principles of English Versification by Baum, Paull Franklin

The Greek odes were accompanied by music and dancing, the singers moving to one side during the strophe, retracing their steps during the antistrophe, ... and standing still during the epode.

From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald

The antistrophe corresponds metrically to the strophe, as usual; the epodes are in four-stress couplets.

From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald

Behold, O King from the dark House of the grave, what we do! antistrophe.

From Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold by Arnold, Matthew