Antistrophe

/ˌantɪstɹˈɒf/

/ˌæntɪstɹˈɑːf/

Antistrophe

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

Examples

1. Well Seacrestopolis, in last week's battle of the choruses, all 50 members of each playwright's chorus traveled back and forth across the stage, singing the strophe and antistrophe, telling misbegotten tales of woe.