antislavery ism (antislaveriizm)

[ IMG:content-0902.png:[blocks in formation] στροφή, lit. a turning about, meter. It was sung by the chorus when returning from left to right, they having previously sung the strophe when moving from right to left. The strophe, antistrophe, and epode (the last sung by the chorus standing still), in this sequence, were the three divisions of a larger choral pa age, which in its turn was treated as a unit and might be used once or repeated a number of times. This structure was occasionally imitated in Latin, and has sometimes been used in modern poetry. 2. In rhet.: (a) The reciprocal conversion of the same words in consecutive clauses or sentences: as, the master of the servant, the servant of the master. (b) The turning of an adversary's plea against him: as, had I killed him as you report, I had not stayed to bury him. antistrophic (an-ti-str of'ik), a. [