epode
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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 Paull Franklin Baum
He was also the first to make use of the arrangement of verses called the epode.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various
Stars now they sparkle In the northern Heaven— The guard Arcturus, The guard-watch'd Bear. epode.
From Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold by Matthew Arnold
The epode soon took a firm place in choral poetry, which it lost when that branch of literature declined.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various
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 Raymond MacDonald Alden
