Epilogue Definition

The concluding section of a poem or literary work e.g. Epilogue to Asolando by Robert Browning. See also prologue.

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[n] a short passage added at the end of a literary work; "the epilogue told what eventually happened to the main characters"
[n] a short speech (often in verse) addressed directly to the audience by an actor at the end of a play

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epilog

See Also...

address, close, closing, conclusion, end, ending, piece of writing, speech, writing, written material

Related Terms

act, addendum, affix, afterpiece, afterthought, afterword, allonge, apodosis, appendix, back matter, bit, catastrophe, ceasing, cessation, chaser, chorus, coda, codicil, colophon, commentary, conclusion, consequence, consummation, continuance, continuatio

Misc. Definitions

\Ep"i*logue\ (?; 115), n. [F. ['e]pilogue, L. epilogus, fr. Gr. ? conclusion, fr. ? to say in addition; 'epi` upon, besides + ? to say. See {Legend}.]
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.