Epistrophe: Ending a series of lines, phrases, clauses, or sentences with the same word or words. Also known as epiphora. Opposite of anaphora.
Example:
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny compared to what lies within us." — Ralph Waldo Emerson
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"With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day." -Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
ReplyDelete"...and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth."
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"For no government is better than the men who compose it, and I want the best, and we need the best, and we deserve the best."
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"Hourly joys be still upon you! Juno sings her blessings on you. [. . .] Scarcity and want shall shun you, Ceres' blessing so is on you." — Shakespeare, The Tempest (4.1.108-109; 116-17)
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Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?
ReplyDelete"There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America." - Bill Clinton.
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