epode
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The Greek ode was commonly divided into the strophe, the antistrophe, and the epode; the strophe and antistrophe being identical in structure, though varying in different odes, and the epode being of different structure.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Raymond MacDonald Alden
The poet was Horace, who in the sixteenth epode had candidly expressed the fears of Roman republicans for Rome's capacity to survive.
From Vergil A Biography by Tenney Frank
In Latin poetry the epode was cultivated, in conscious archaism, both as a part of the ode and as an independent branch of poetry.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various
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
This lofty rhyme is built up of strophes, anti-strophes, and an epode.
From Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 31, October 29, 1870 by Various
