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
Mr. Peaslee's reflections rose in a strophe of hope and fell in an antistrophe of despair.
From The Calico Cat by Charles Miner Thompson
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 Paull Franklin Baum
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 Giovanni-Andrea Gallini
His chanting and his playing answer and supplement each other, like strophe and antistrophe.
From Idolatry A Romance by Julian Hawthorne
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Reading: Literature - Drama - High School
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Ancient Greece: Mythology and Literature - High School
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