Antistrophe vs. Strophe — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Antistrophe and Strophe
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Antistrophe
Antistrophe (Ancient Greek: ἀντιστροφή, "a turning back") is the portion of an ode sung by the chorus in its returning movement from west to east, in response to the strophe, which was sung from east to west.
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Strophe
A strophe () is a poetic term originally referring to the first part of the ode in Ancient Greek tragedy, followed by the antistrophe and epode. The term has been extended to also mean a structural division of a poem containing stanzas of varying line length.
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Antistrophe
The second stanza, and those like it, in a poem consisting of alternating stanzas in contrasting metrical form.
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Strophe
The first of a pair of stanzas of alternating form on which the structure of a given poem is based.
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Antistrophe
The second division of the triad of a Pindaric ode, having the same stanza form as the strophe.
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Strophe
A stanza containing irregular lines.
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Antistrophe
The choral movement in classical Greek drama in the opposite direction from that of the strophe.
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Strophe
The first division of the triad constituting a section of a Pindaric ode.
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Antistrophe
The part of a choral ode sung while this movement is executed.
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Strophe
The first turning movement of the chorus from one side of the orchestra to the other in classical Greek drama.
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Antistrophe
In Greek choruses and dances, the returning of the chorus, exactly answering to a previous strophe or movement from right to left.
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Strophe
The part of a choral ode sung while this movement is executed.
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Antistrophe
The lines of this part of the choral song.
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Strophe
(prosody) A turn in verse, as from one metrical foot to another, or from one side of a chorus to the other.
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Antistrophe
(rhetoric) The repetition of words in an inverse order.
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Strophe
(prosody) The section of an ode that the chorus chants as it moves from right to left across the stage.
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Antistrophe
(rhetoric) The repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses
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Strophe
(prosody) A pair of stanzas of alternating form on which the structure of a given poem is based.
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Antistrophe
The retort or turning of an adversary's plea against him.
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Strophe
In Greek choruses and dances, the movement of the chorus while turning from the right to the left of the orchestra; hence, the strain, or part of the choral ode, sung during this movement. Also sometimes used of a stanza of modern verse. See the Note under Antistrophe.
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Antistrophe
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.
It was customary, on some occasions, to dance round the altars whilst they sang the sacred hymns, which consisted of three stanzas or parts; the first of which, called strophe, was sung in turning from east to west; the other, named antistrophe, in returning from west to east; then they stood before the altar, and sang the epode, which was the last part of the song.
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Strophe
One section of a lyric poem or choral ode in classical Greek drama
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Antistrophe
The repetition of words in an inverse order; as, the master of the servant and the servant of the master.
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Antistrophe
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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