Thesaurus: epilogue
A speech or short poem addressed to the spectators and recited by one of the actors, after the conclusion of the play.
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- n. A speech or short poem addressed to the spectators and recited by one of the actors, after the conclusion of the play.
- n. The closing part of a discourse, in which the principal matters are recapitulated; a conclusion.
- n. a short speech (often in verse) addressed directly to the audience by an actor at the end of a play
- n. a short passage added at the end of a literary work
- 1. (Drama) A speech or short poem addressed to the spectators and recited by one of the actors, after the conclusion of the play. A good play no epilogue, yet . . . good plays prove the better by the help of good epilogues. Shak. 2. (Rhet.) The closing part of a discourse, in which the principal matters are recapitulated; a conclusion.
- A speech or short poem addressed to the spectators and recitedby one of the actors, after the conclusion of the play.A good play no epilogue, yet . . . good plays prove the better by thehelp of good epilogues. Shak.
- n:100 n. a short speech (often in verse) addressed directly to the audience by an actor at the end of a play n. a short passage added at the end of a literary work