Associations to the word «Epistrophe»

Wiktionary

EPISTROPHE, noun. (rhetoric) The repetition of the same word or words at the end of successive phrases, clauses or sentences.

Dictionary definition

EPISTROPHE, noun. Repetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences, verses, etc..

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.