| 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. …” Compare anaphora (def. 1). |
| 2. | Neoplatonism. the realization by an intellect of its remoteness from the One. |
| epistrophe | |
noun | |
| repetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences, verses, etc. [syn: epiphora] |