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What is a counterturn?

What is a counterturn? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A turn in the other direction; one of the turns of a zigzag.
  2. The critical moment in a drama, when, contrary to expectation, the action is embroiled in new difficulties.
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This syntactic counterturn underscores the couple's most private moment and allows for a significant emotional shift.
The strophe consisted of a turn, the antistrophe a counterturn, with matching rhythms and metres.

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