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Synonyms for epode

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ep-ohd
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛp oʊd

Définition of epode

Origin :
  • 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).
  • As in ode : noun poem
Example sentences :
  • This ode consists of strophe, epode, antistrophe, and second epode.
  • Extract from : « English Verse » by Raymond MacDonald Alden, Ph.D.
  • He was also the first to make use of the arrangement of verses called the epode.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 » by Various
  • The shorter line is called an epode, or appendix, to the longer, and it is from this that the collection of poems gets its name.
  • Extract from : « A History of Roman Literature » by Harold North Fowler
  • These poems evidently made a success, and Horace returned to the theme in his 17th Epode.
  • Extract from : « Horace » by Theodore Martin
  • The epode, or peroration, fills up the sacred number 7—the symbol always of permanence and repose.
  • Extract from : « The Theistic Conception of the World » by B. F. (Benjamin Franklin) Cocker
  • The epode soon took a firm place in choral poetry, which it lost when that branch of literature declined.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 » by Various
  • In Latin poetry the epode was cultivated, in conscious archaism, both as a part of the ode and as an independent branch of poetry.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 » by Various
  • The second Epode prophesies, in anguish of spirit, the downfall of this country.
  • Extract from : « The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge » by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
  • This lofty rhyme is built up of strophes, anti-strophes, and an epode.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. II., Issue 31, October 29, 1870 » by Various

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