Epanalepsis
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The epanalepsis is a figure of speech defined by the repetition of the initial word or words of a clause or sentence at the end. The beginning and the end are the two positions of stronger emphasis in a sentence; so, by having the same phrase in both places, the speaker calls special attention to it. Nested double-epanalepses form another figure of speech, which is called a chiasmus.
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[edit] Examples
- The king is dead, long live the king.
- Severe to his servants, to his children severe.
- What is Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba?[1]
- I got my mind on my money, and my money on my mind
[edit] Etymology
From the Greek epanálépsis, literally meaning resumption, taking up again.[2]
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[edit] References
- Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920). Greek Grammar. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, p. 673. ISBN 0-674-36250-0.
