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It has long and short verses
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epode
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context poetry English) The after song; the part of a lyric ode which follows the strophe and antistrophe. 2 (context poetry English) A kind of lyric poem, invented by (w: Archilochus), in which a longer verse is followed by a shorter one.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1590s, a kind of lyric poem in which a short line follows a longer one (invented by Archilochus, also used by Horace), from Latin epodos , from Greek epodus "after-song, incantation," from epi "after" (see epi- ) + odein "to sing" (see ode ). Related: Epodic ...
Usage examples of epode.
Epode 2 alpha, Strophe alpha 1, Strophe beta 2, Antistrophe alpha gamma, Antistrophe beta gamma, Antistrophe beta gamma, Antistrophe alpha gamma, Epode 1 gamma, Epode 2 gamma.
The Poet seems, in the first Ode particularly, to design the Epode as a complete air to the Strophe and Antistrophe, which have more the appearance of Recitative.
This has given a tinge of picturesque and descriptive imagery to the introductory Epodes which depicture these scenes, and some of the majestic feelings permanently connected with the scene of this animating event.