What is the emphatic repetition of a word or phrase, at the end of several sentences or stanzas called?
epiphora — (Rhet.) The emphatic repetition of a word or phrase, at the end of several sentences or stanzas. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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