a verse form composed of two lines differing in construction and often in metre, the second shorter than the first. In Greek lyric odes, an epode is the third part of the three-part structure of the poem, following the strophe and the antistrophe. The word is from the Greek epoids, sung or said after.
EPODE
Meaning of EPODE in English
Britannica English vocabulary. Английский словарь Британика. 2012