This parallelism is used in conjunction with epistrophe. From Wordnik.com. [Rhetorical Figures in Sound: Parallelism] Reference
Each line in the poem ends with a word ending in “ed” (a variation on the device known as epistrophe, the repetition of a word or phrase at the end of a line). From Wordnik.com. [2009 March 05 « One-Minute Book Reviews] Reference
A gaffe that seems far more unfortunate involves Mr.McC. 's rigid distinction between epiphora and epistrophe. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XII No 1] Reference
His care and direction in its appointed sphere, and draws them again in an ascending order to Himself (epistrophe). From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy] Reference
In classical Greek philosophy, and especially in Plato, the epistrophe or periagoge in the above passage refers to the. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
The title of the work alludes to the literary term epistrophe, used to describe the repetition of words at the end of consecutive phrases. From Wordnik.com. [artforum.com] Reference
There are three words in scripture to express it by, metame'leia, meta'noia, and epistrophe `; though this last rather signifies conversion. From Wordnik.com. [Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. VI.] Reference
But Webster's Third defines epiphora as a watering of the eyes while defining epistrophe as the "repetition of the same word or expression at the end of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences ...". From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XII No 1] Reference
Preachers at black churches are the last people left in the English-speaking world who know the schemes and tropes of classical rhetoric: parallelism, antithesis, epistrophe, synec-doche, metonymy, periphrasis, litotes-the whole bag of tricks. From Wordnik.com. [The Two Malcontents] Reference
The cardinal principle upon which his attempt rests is the doctrine, already foreshadowed by Iamblichus and others, that in the process of emanation there are always three subordinate stages, or moments, namely the original (mone), emergence from the original (proodos), and return to the original (epistrophe). From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman] Reference
Note: Can you spot the epistrophe?. From Wordnik.com. [Rhetorical Figures in Sound: Hypophora] Reference
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