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Long verse followed by a short one
Answer for the clue "Long verse followed by a short one ", 5 letters:
epode
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Epode \Ep"ode\, n. [L. epodos, Gr. ?, fr. ?, adj., singing to, sung or said after, fr. ? to sing to; 'epi` upon, to + ? to sing: cf. F. ['e]pode. See Ode .] (Poet.) The after song; the part of a lyric ode which follows the strophe and antistrophe, ...
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Epode , in verse , is the third part of an ode , which followed the strophe and the antistrophe , and completed the movement. At a certain point in time the choirs, which had previously chanted to right of the altar or stage, and then to left of it, combined ...
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.