Epizeuxis
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In linguistics, an epizeuxis is the repetition of words in immediate succession, for vehemence or emphasis.[1]
Examples:
- "Words, words, words." (Hamlet)
- "Developers, developers, developers, developers!" (Steve Ballmer)
- "Education, education, education." (Tony Blair)
- "Never, never, never quit." (Winston Churchill)
- "Location, location, location." (Common phrase tied to real estate"
Such repetition is also used in writing:
| “ | Alone, alone, all all alone,
Alone on a wide, wide sea". |
” |
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