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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 146 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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ANTISTROPHE , the portion of an See also:

ODE (Gr. uiSri, from aei&ew, to sing)

ode which is sung by the See also:

CHORUS (Gr. xopbs)Z

chorus in its returning See also:

MOVEMENT

movement from See also:

west to See also:

east, in response to the See also:

STROPHE (Gr. o-rpod>)

strophe, which was sung from east to west. It is of the nature of a reply, and balances the effect of the strophe. Thus, in See also:

Gray's ode called " The Progress of Poesy," the strophe, which dwelt in triumphant accents on the beauty, See also:

POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power and See also:

ECSTASY (Gr. iarra(TLc, from i LarliU, put out of its place, alter)

ecstasy of See also:

VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse, is answered by the antistrophe, in a depressed and See also:

MELANCHOLY (Gr. µe)tayXotia, from µEtas, black, and Xotii, bile)

melancholy See also:

key " See also:

Man's feeble See also:

RACE

race what ills await, Labour, and Penury, the racks of See also:

Pain, Disease and Sorrow's weeping See also:

TRAIN (M. Eng. trayn or trayne, derived through Fr. from Late Lat. trahinare, to drag, draw, Lat. trahere, cf. trail, trace, ultimately from the same source)

Train, And See also:

DEATH

Death, sad See also:

REFUGE

refuge from the storms of See also:

FATE

Fate," &c. When the sections of the chorus have ended their responses, they unite and See also:

close in the See also:

EPODE

epode, thus exemplifying the triple See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form in which the See also:

ancient sacred See also:

HYMNS

hymns of See also:

GREECE

Greece were composed, from the days of See also:

STESICHORUS (c. 640–555 B.C.)

Stesichorus onwards.

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