Antistrophe

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**See also::** Epistrophe or epiphora [|Here]
 * D** **efinition::** //Antistrophe,// the repetition of the same word or words at the end of successive clauses, phrases, or sentences.There is emphasis placed on the last word in a phrase or sentence.


 * Origin::** From the Greek, "return".

Definition taken from (wikipedia.org).


 * Examples** from text:

1) "I am Lazarus, come from the dead, come back to tell you all, I shall tell you all." ("The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T.S. Eliot)
 * Here, the phrase "tell you all" is repeated at the end of two successive phrases in order to give it emphasis within the story.

2) "A host of beautiful women, all seduced by Henrietta, deceived like her, abandoned like her, could tell her if I was ever moved by their tears, alarmed by their struggles, moved by their shame, restrained by their charms. . ." ("The Effects of Despair" or "Miss Henrietta Stralson" from //The Marques De Sade//).
 * In this passage, the repeated words of "like her" are used at the end of a few phrases in a row and is an example of an antistrophe. The second part of being "moved by their tears, alarmed by their struggles", etc. is somewhat repetitive, although it does not repeat the same exact parts. Therefore, the first part of the passage is a better example of an antistrophe.

3) "That is not it at all, that is not what I mean, at all." ("The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T.S. Eliot).
 * The words "at all" are repeated in successive clauses to give emphasis to that particular idea and, therefore, utilize the stylistic device of antistrophe.

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