Epode1. (n.) A lyric poem, in which a longer verse is followed by a shorter one; as, the Epodes of Horace; invented by Archilochus. It does not include the elegiac distich.
2. (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.
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