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Definition of Envoi
1. Noun. A brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry.
Definition of Envoi
1. Noun. A short stanza at the end of a poem, used either to address a person or to comment on the preceding body of the poem. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Envoi
1. the closing of a poem or prose work [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Envoi
Literary usage of Envoi
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1896)
"Thou Self-sub sistent. Living Lord! Thy grace against that day afford. envoi TO 'THE
LIGHT OF ASIA' AH, ..."
2. The Life and Death of Jason: A Poem by William Morris (1871)
"... L' envoi. TTERE are we for the last time face to face, Thou and I, Book, before
I bid thee speed Upon thy perilous ..."
3. The New Poetry: An Anthology by Alice Corbin Henderson (1917)
"envoi Oh, seek me not within a tomb— Thou shalt not find me in the clay! I pierce
a little wall of gloom To mingle with the day! ..."
4. Works by Washington Irving (1894)
"X'envoi* Go, little booke, God send thee good passage, And specially let this be thy
... envoi."
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