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Epode
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) The after song; the part of a lyric ode which follows the strophe and antistrophe, - the ancient ode being divided into strophe, antistrophe, and epode.
(2):
(n.) A species of lyric poem, invented by Archilochus, in which a longer verse is followed by a shorter one; as, the Epodes of Horace. It does not include the elegiac distich.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Epode'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​e/epode.html. 1828.