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Antistrophe (plant)
''Antistrophe'' is a genus of flowering plants in the primula family, Primulaceae. It includes six species of shrubs native to southern and southeastern Asia, including the Indian subcontinent, Vietnam, and Peninsular Malaysia. Species Six species are accepted. *'' Antistrophe caudata'' – southern Vietnam and Peninsular Malaysia *'' Antistrophe curtisii'' – Peninsular Malaysia *'' Antistrophe glabra'' – southwestern India (Kerala) *'' Antistrophe oxyantha'' – eastern Himalayas to Bangladesh *'' Antistrophe serratifolia'' – India *'' Antistrophe solanoides'' – Peninsular Malaysia (Perak) References {{Taxonbar, from= Q5112363 Primulaceae genera Indomalayan realm flora Taxa named by Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle Primulaceae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antistrophe Caudata
Antistrophe ( grc, ἀντιστροφή, "a turning back") is the portion of an ode sung by the chorus in its returning movement from west to east, in response to the strophe, which was sung from east to west. Characteristics Usage as a literary device It has the nature of a reply and balances the effect of the strophe. Thus, in Gray's ode called "The Progress of Poesy" (excerpt below), the strophe, which dwelt in triumphant accents on the beauty, power and ecstasy verse, is answered by the antistrophe, in a depressed and melancholy key: When the sections of the chorus have ended their responses, they unite and close in the epode, thus exemplifying the triple form, in which the ancient sacred hymns of Greece were coined, from the days of Stesichorus onwards. As Milton says: " strophe, antistrophe and epode were a kind of stanza framed for the music then used with the chorus that sang". Other semantic usage ''Antistrophe'' was also a kind of ancient dance Dan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antistrophe Curtisii
Antistrophe ( grc, ἀντιστροφή, "a turning back") is the portion of an ode sung by the chorus in its returning movement from west to east, in response to the strophe, which was sung from east to west. Characteristics Usage as a literary device It has the nature of a reply and balances the effect of the strophe. Thus, in Gray's ode called "The Progress of Poesy" (excerpt below), the strophe, which dwelt in triumphant accents on the beauty, power and ecstasy verse, is answered by the antistrophe, in a depressed and melancholy key: When the sections of the chorus have ended their responses, they unite and close in the epode, thus exemplifying the triple form, in which the ancient sacred hymns of Greece were coined, from the days of Stesichorus onwards. As Milton says: " strophe, antistrophe and epode were a kind of stanza framed for the music then used with the chorus that sang". Other semantic usage ''Antistrophe'' was also a kind of ancient dance Dan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |