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Noun: antistrophe  an'tis-tru-fee
  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
    "The antistrophe mirrored the strophe in meter and length"

Derived forms: antistrophes

Type of: stanza

Part of: lyric, lyric poem

Encyclopedia: Antistrophe