1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
ANTISTROPHE, the portion of an ode which is 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 is of the nature of a reply, and balances the effect of the strophe. Thus, in Gray's ode called " The Progress of Poesy," the strophe, which dwelt in triumphant accents on the beauty, power and ecstasy of verse, is answered by the antistrophe, in a depressed and melancholy key — " Man's feeble race what ills await, Labour, and Penury, the racks …
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- Vol. 2, pp. 146-146