antistrophe
Ode's second movement
Antistrophe is a term from ancient Greek drama for the second part of a choral ode, during which the chorus moved in the opposite direction from the strophe.
In rhetoric, antistrophe means the repetition of words at the end of successive clauses: government of the people, by the people, for the people.
The device creates emphasis through rhythmic closure.
Singers performing together
- odeLaudatory verse form
- Greek tragedyClassical dramatic form featuring downfall
- turnRotational movement
- counterturnTurn in opposite direction
orchestra · Sophocles · Euripides · Aeschylus · Dionysus · theatron · choric · semicircle
Poem's line grouping
poetic structure · rhyme scheme · couplet · triad · prosody · scansion · metrical · syllabic
Repeated opening words
- repetitionAct of redoing
- parallelismMatching structural elements
- chiasmusInverted parallel construction
- rhetorical deviceCalculated language technique for effect
oratory · persuasion · refutation · discourse · Aristotle · classical rhetoric · figure of speech · stylistic
chorus
Singers performing together
- odeLaudatory verse form
- Greek tragedyClassical dramatic form featuring downfall
- turnRotational movement
counterturn · orchestra · Sophocles · Euripides · Aeschylus · Dionysus · theatron · choric · semicircle · movement
stanza
Poem's line grouping
lyric · poetic structure · rhyme scheme · couplet · triad · prosody · scansion · metrical · syllabic · corresponding
anaphora
Repeated opening words
- repetitionAct of redoing
- parallelismMatching structural elements
- chiasmusInverted parallel construction
rhetorical device · oratory · persuasion · refutation · discourse · Aristotle · classical rhetoric · figure of speech · stylistic · emphasis