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epistrophe

American  
[ih-pis-truh-fee] / ɪˈpɪs trə fi /

noun

  1. Also called epiphora.  Rhetoric. the repetition of a word or words at the end of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences, as in “I should do Brutus wrong, and Cassius wrong. …”

  2. Philosophy. (inNeoplatonism ) the realization by an intellect of its remoteness from the One.

epistrophe British  
/ ɪˈpɪstrəfɪ /

noun

  1. rhetoric repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences

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Etymology

Origin of epistrophe

First recorded in 1640–50; from New Latin, from Greek epistrophḗ; epi-, strophe

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Anaphora and epistrophe are two related forms of parallelism.

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