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antistrophe

[ an-tis-truh-fee ]

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noun

the part of an ancient Greek choral ode answering a previous strophe, sung by the chorus when returning from left to right.
the movement performed by the chorus while singing an antistrophe.
Prosody. the second of two metrically corresponding systems in a poem. Compare strophe ( def 3 ).

antistrophe

/ ænˈtɪstrəfɪ; ˌæntɪˈstrɒfɪk /

in ancient Greek drama
1. the second of two movements made by a chorus during the performance of a choral ode
2. the second part of a choral ode sung during this movement
(in classical prosody) the second of two metrical systems used alternately within a poem

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an·ti·stroph·ic [an-t, uh, -, strof, -ik, -, stroh, -fik], an·tistro·phal adjective
anti·strophi·cal·ly adverb

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1540–50; < Greek: a turning about. See anti-, strophe

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C17: via Late Latin from Greek antistrophē an answering turn, from anti- + strophē a turning

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In some ways, 20 years later, this is the antistrophe to the famous omelet sequence of Big Night.

The two told their story in alternate sentences like the Strophe and Antistrophe of a Greek chorus.

The conversation was a prolonged paean to the host, with choral strophe and antistrophe.

Big gun and rifle fire mingled like strophe and antistrophe of an anthem of death.

This subject, with a recitative in the minor, forms the antistrophe.

It alternates with a Recitative, which assumes a minor key, and which seems to be its Antistrophe.

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