Antistrophe

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The second stanza, and those like it, in a poem consisting of alternating stanzas in contrasting metrical form.
  • n. The second division of the triad of a Pindaric ode, having the same stanza form as the strophe.
  • n. The choral movement in classical Greek drama in the oppostite direction from that of the strophe.
  • n. The part of a choral ode sung while this movement is executed.
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  • n. In Greek choruses and dances, the returning of the chorus, exactly answering to a previous strophe or movement from right to left. Hence: The lines of this part of the choral song.
  • n. The repetition of words in an inverse order.
  • n. The repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses
  • n. The retort or turning of an adversary's plea against him.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. In Greek choruses and dances, the returning of the chorus, exactly answering to a previous strophe or movement from right to left. Hence: The lines of this part of the choral song.
  • n.
  • n. The repetition of words in an inverse order; as, the master of the servant and the servant of the master.
  • n. The retort or turning of an adversary's plea against him.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A part of an ancient Greek choral ode corresponding to the strophe, which immediately precedes it, and identical with it in meter.
  • n. In rhetoric: The reciprocal conversion of the same words in consecutive clauses or sentences: as, the master of the servant, the servant of the master.
  • n. The turning of an adversary's plea against him: as, had I killed him as you report, I had not stayed to bury him.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the section of a choral ode answering a previous strophe in classical Greek drama; the second of two metrically corresponding sections in a poem
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