EPISTROPHE

[epis.tro.phe] n [Gk epistrophe, lit., turning about, fr. epi- + strophe turning--more at strophe] (ca. 1584): repetition of a word or expression at the end of successive phrases, clauses, sentences, or verses esp. for rhetorical or poetic effect (as Lincoln's "of the people, by the people, for the people")--compare anaphora