epode
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Its bitterness is found in Catullus, Bibaculus, and Horace, though in the last the epode breaks its monotony.
From The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius by Charles Thomas Cruttwell
This lofty rhyme is built up of strophes, anti-strophes, and an epode.
From Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 31, October 29, 1870 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
