EPODE
Etymology
Noun
epode (plural epodes)
(poetry) The after song; the part of a lyric ode which follows the strophe and antistrophe.
(poetry) A kind of lyric poem, invented by Archilochus, in which a longer verse is followed by a shorter one.
Source: Wiktionary
Ep"ode, n. Etym: [L. epodos, Gr. épode. 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition