epode
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As Milton says, “strophe, antistrophe and epode were a kind of stanza framed only for the music then used with the chorus that sang.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" 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 Baum, Paull Franklin
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
It is an error to call these iambic odes “irregular,” although they do not follow the classic rules with strophe, antistrophe, and epode.
From Victorian Songs Lyrics of the Affections and Nature by Garrett, Edmund Henry
Of the three parts of the ode, the strophe, the antistrophe, and the epode, each was to be sung at a particular part of the procession.
From The Symbolism of Freemasonry by Mackey, Albert G.