l'envoy
n. countablen. a short final section of a poem or book. It is often used to send the work to a specific person or to summarize the main message.
n. a short concluding stanza of a poem, such as a ballade, or a brief postscript at the end of a prose work. Often serves as a dedication or a summary of the preceding text.
The poet added a short l'envoy to dedicate the book to his wife.
In the final l'envoy, the author addresses the reader directly to explain the moral of the story.
The ballade concludes with a four-line l'envoy that shifts the tone from descriptive to instructional, effectively sealing the poem's thematic argument before the final refrain.
Often spelled 'envoy' in modern English; the French-style 'l'envoy' is more common in older literary criticism.