The antistrophe followed the strophe and preceded the epode. |
The second epode prophesies, in anguish of spirit, the downfall of this country. |
These poems evidently made a success, and Horace returned to the theme in his 17th epode. |
He was also the first to make use of the arrangement of verses called the epode. |
The epode soon took a firm place in choral poetry, which it lost when that branch of literature declined. |
These three parts corresponded to the movement of the chorus to one side of the stage, then to the other, and their pause midstage to deliver the epode. |