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The lines that describe recent events are the following: "<span>Seven captains at our seven gates Thundered; for each a champion waits, Each left behind his armor bright, Trophy for Zeus who turns the fight; Save two alone, that ill-starred pair One mother to one father bare, Who lance in rest, one 'gainst the other Drave, and both perished, brother slain by brother."
Here, the chorus recounts the recent war of Argive and Thebes armies, led by two brothers, Polyneices and Eteocles, who killed each other. This event if the foreground of the plot. The chorus' story serves at least two purposes: reminding the audience of a well-known occurrence (thus providing a context for the plot), and a foreshadowing of another tragedy that is about to happen.</span>
Ode is highly solemn and serious in its tone and subject matter, and usually is used with elaborate patterns of stanzas. However, the tone is often formal. A salient feature of ode is its uniform metrical feet, but poets generally do not strictly follow this rule though use highly elevated theme.
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