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Antistrophe vs Epode - What's the difference?

antistrophe | epode |

As nouns the difference between antistrophe and epode

is that antistrophe is 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 while epode is (poetry) the after song; the part of a lyric ode which follows the strophe and antistrophe.

antistrophe

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.
  • (rhetoric) The repetition of words in an inverse order.
  • (rhetoric) The repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses
  • The retort or turning of an adversary's plea against him.

    • Related terms

    * antistrophic (Webster 1913)

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    epode

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (poetry) The after song; the part of a lyric ode which follows the strophe and antistrophe.
  • (poetry) A kind of lyric poem, invented by (Archilochus), in which a longer verse is followed by a shorter one.