coda

a concluding section or final part

Root

Other words with the caud / coda root

  • queue: a line of people or things waiting

Coda is the tail end: the final passage or part that lets the whole piece finish.

The poem's quiet coda made the earlier anger feel sadder.

A coda is not just any ending. The useful image is a tail: something added at the end of music or writing so the piece can finish with shape. Queue is only a visual helper here: a line trailing behind itself.

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