antistrophe
noun
Meaning
- In Greek choruses and dances, the returning of the chorus, exactly answering to a previous strophe or movement from right to left.
- The lines of this part of the choral song.
- The repetition of words in an inverse order.
- The repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses
- The retort or turning of an adversary's plea against him.
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