Meaning & use
epistrophe
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A rhetorical device in which the same word or phrase is repeated at the end of successive clauses or sentences.
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The speech's use of epistrophe, ending each line with '...of the people, by the people, for the people,' made it memorable.
The poet used epistrophe to hammer home the phrase 'never again' at the close of each stanza.
A note on using this word
Epistrophe is the mirror image of anaphora, which repeats words at the beginning of clauses rather than the end.
Words with a similar meaning
epiphora
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