Epode

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Epode \Ep"ode\, n. [L. epodos, Gr. ?, fr. ?, adj., singing to,
     sung or said after, fr. ? to sing to; 'epi` upon, to + ? to
     sing: cf. F. ['e]pode. See {Ode}.] (Poet.)
     (a) 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.


     (b) A species of lyric poem, invented by Archilochus, in
         which a longer verse is followed by a shorter one; as,
         the Epodes of Horace. It does not include the elegiac
         distich.
         [1913 Webster]