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1 Epistrophe

2 Definition rhetorical term for the repetition of a word or phrase at the END of successive clauses antistrophe or epiphora contrast with anaphora eh-PI-stro-fee

3 Aragorn in The Lord of the rings
“A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day. An hour of woes and shattered shields, when the age of men comes crashing down! But it is not this day! This day we fights!” Aragorn in The Lord of the rings

4 "The big sycamore by the creek was gone. The willow tangle was gone
"The big sycamore by the creek was gone. The willow tangle was gone. The little enclave of untrodden bluegrass was gone. The clump of dogwood on the little rise across the creel - now that, too, was gone." Robert Penn Warren, Flood: A Romance of Our Time

5 "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." Senator John F. Kennedy Oct. 17, 1960


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