epode
Classical Prosody. a kind of lyric poem, invented by Archilochus, in which a long verse is followed by a short one.
the part of a lyric ode following the strophe and antistrophe and composing with them a triadic unit.
Origin of epode
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How to use epode in a sentence
The epode soon took a firm place in choral poetry, which it lost when that branch of literature declined.
In Latin poetry the epode was cultivated, in conscious archaism, both as a part of the ode and as an independent branch of poetry.
The second epode prophesies, in anguish of spirit, the downfall of this country.
The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge | Samuel Taylor ColeridgeNot now, for he moaned me his last epode and ended like the swan.
This ode consists of strophe, epode, antistrophe, and second epode.
English Verse | Raymond MacDonald Alden, Ph.D.
British Dictionary definitions for epode
/ (ˈɛpəʊd) /
the part of a lyric ode that follows the strophe and the antistrophe
a type of lyric poem composed of couplets in which a long line is followed by a shorter one, invented by Archilochus
Origin of epode
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