This question is based on General Literary Principles
A final stanza of a poem that is shorter than the preceding one is called
epanalepsis
antithesis
envoi
irony
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Envoi is a term that is specifically used to mean a short, fixed final stanza of a poem
Epanalepsis is a figure of emphasis in which the same word or words both begin(s) and end(s) a phrase, clause, or sentence; beginning and ending a phrase or clause with the same word or words. Example: "Nothing is worse than doing nothing."
The correct answer is "C" {envoi}
envoi, the usually explanatory or commendatory concluding remarks to a poem, essay, or book. The term is specifically used to mean a short, fixed final stanza of a poem (such as a ballade) pointing the moral and usually addressing the person to whom the poem is written.
