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antistrophe

an·tist·rophe

uncommon

noun

1.

the section of a choral ode answering a previous strophe in classical Greek drama; the second of two metrically corresponding sections in a poem

Origin

Borrowed from Latin antistrophe, from Ancient Greek ἀντιστροφή (antistrophḗ, “turning about”).

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