Strophe vs Antistrophe - What's the difference?
Antistrophe is a related term of strophe. As nouns the difference between strophe and antistrophe is that strophe is (prosody) a turn in verse, as from one metrical foot to another, or from one side of a chorus to the other while 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.
strophe
Noun
(en noun )
(prosody) A turn in verse, as from one metrical foot to another, or from one side of a chorus to the other.
(prosody) The section of an ode that the chorus chants as it moves from right to left across the stage.
(prosody) A pair of stanzas of alternating form on which the structure of a given poem is based.
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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.
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