» See also: Epistrophe (genus) Epistrophe ("return"), also known as epiphora (and occasionally as antistrophe), is a figure of speech and the counterpart of anaphora. It is the repetition of the same word or words at the end of successive phrases, clauses or sentences. It is an extremely emphatic device because of the emphasis placed on the last word in a phrase or sentence. Examples Where affections bear rule, there reason is subdued, honesty is subdued, good will is subdued, and all things… (More on Epistrophe)