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
His chanting and his playing answer and supplement each other, like strophe and antistrophe.
From Idolatry A Romance by Julian Hawthorne
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
And all the gapers, who had nothing of their own to suggest, answered with the antistrophe, “Who could it be?”
From St. Ronan's Well by Sir Walter Scott
The antistrophe corresponds metrically to the strophe, as usual; the epodes are in four-stress couplets.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Raymond MacDonald Alden
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Reading: Literature - Drama - High School
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Ancient Greece: Mythology and Literature - High School
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