antistrophe

n. chorus in a Greek ode

Antistrophe (Greek αντιστροφή, turn 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.It has the nature of a reply and balances the effect of the strophe. Thus, Gray's ode called "The Progress of Poesy," the strophe, which dwelt in triumphant accents on the beauty, power and ecstasy verse, is answered by the antistrophe, in a depressed and melancholy key:"Man's feeble race what ills await,Labour, and Penury, the racks of Pain ,Disease and Sorrow's weeping Train,And Death, sad refuge from the storms of Fate," etc.
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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
(hypernym) stanza
(part-holonym) lyric, lyric poem

n. antistrophe, chorus in a Greek ode

n. antistrophe, chorus in a Greek ode