Epode
Epode , noun
[Latin epodos, Greek {not transcribed}, from {not transcribed}, adj., singing to, sung or said after, from {not transcribed} to sing to; 'epi` upon, to + {not transcribed} to sing: compare French épode. See Ode.]
(a)
(Poet.) 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)
(Poet.) 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.