coda
a concluding section or final part
Root
- caud / coda: tail or tail-end
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.