Anadiplosis ( ; el, ἀναδίπλωσις, ''anadíplōsis'', "a doubling, folding up") is the repetition of the last word of a preceding clause. The word is used at the end of a sentence and then used again at the beginning of the next sentence.
Examples
*Noust in the grass / grass in the wind / wind on the lark / lark for the sun / Sun through the sea / sea in the heart / heart in its noust / nothing is lost —
John Glenday
John Glenday grew up in Monifieth.
Life
John lives in Angus, with his wife Erika.
His work appeared in ''Times Literary Supplement'', ''London Review of Books'', ''Poetry ''(Chicago), ''The Scotsman'', ''The Guardian'', ''Financial Times'', ' ...
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* "Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering." —
Yoda
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* "For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime, Young Lycidas and hath not left his peer." —
John Milton
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Lycidas
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*"Queeg: 'Aboard my ship, excellent performance is standard. Standard performance is sub-standard. Sub-standard performance is not permitted to exist. —
Herman Wouk
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His other major works include ''The Winds of War'' and ' ...
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The Caine Mutiny
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*"Mine be thy love, and thy love's use their treasure." —
Shakespeare
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Sonnet 20
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*"Having power makes
otalitarian leadershipisolated; isolation breeds insecurity; insecurity breeds suspicion and fear; suspicion and fear breed violence." —
Zbigniew Brzezinski
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, ''The Permanent Purge: Politics in Soviet Totalitarianism''
* "What I present here is what I remember of the letter, and what I remember of the letter I remember verbatim (including that awful French)." —
Vladimir Nabokov
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Lolita
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* "The years to come seemed waste of breath, / A waste of breath the years behind" -
William Butler Yeats
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An Irish Airman Foresees His Death"
* “Your beliefs become your thoughts, your thoughts become your words, your words become your actions, your actions become your habits, your habits become your values, your values become your destiny.”
*Turn the lights out now, Now I'll take you by the hand, Hand you another drink, Drink it if you can, Can you spend a little time, Time is slipping away, Away from us so stay, Stay with me I can make, Make you glad you came - Nathan Sykes of The Wanted, 2010
* "To lead a better life, I need my love to be here / Here, making each day of the year", etc. —
Paul McCartney
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Here, There and Everywhere
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* "I love her! Isn't that a wonder? / I wonder why I didn't want her? / I want her! that's the thing that matters! / And matters are improving daily!" —
Sheldon Harnick
Sheldon Mayer Harnick (born April 30, 1924) is an American lyricist and songwriter best known for his collaborations with composer Jerry Bock on musicals such as ''Fiorello!'' and ''Fiddler on the Roof''.
Early life
Sheldon Mayer Harnick was bo ...
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She Loves Me
''She Loves Me'' is a musical with a book by Joe Masteroff, music by Jerry Bock, and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick.
The musical is the third adaptation of the 1937 play '' Parfumerie'' by Hungarian playwright Miklós László, following the 1940 fil ...
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See also
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Antimetabole
In rhetoric, antimetabole ( ) is the repetition of words in successive clauses, but in transposed order; for example, "I know what I like, and I like what I know". It is related to, and sometimes considered a special case of, chiasmus.
An antimet ...
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Epanalepsis
Epanalepsis (from the Greek , ''epanálēpsis'' "repetition, resumption, taking up again") is the repetition of the initial part of a clause or sentence at the end of that same clause or sentence. The beginning and the end of a sentence are two po ...
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Figure of speech
A figure of speech or rhetorical figure is a word or phrase that intentionally deviates from ordinary language use in order to produce a rhetorical effect. Figures of speech are traditionally classified into '' schemes,'' which vary the ordinary ...
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Andhadhi
Antati ( ta, அந்தாதி, translit=Antāti) is a unique kind of Tamil poetry, constructed such that the last or ending word of each verse becomes the first word of the next verse.
In some instances, the last word of the series of verse ...
, a form of Tamil poetry that relies upon anadiplosis
References
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*Corbett, Edward P.J. ''Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student''. Oxford University Press, New York, 1971.
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