Anadiplosis

Anadiplosis(/ænədɪˈploʊsɪs/AN-ə-di-PLOH-sis;Greek: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

• "... how it was that people had livedin this placeandin this placehad died. "—Cormac McCarthy,Blood Meridian
• "What I present here iswhat I remember of the letter,andwhat I remember of the letterI remember verbatim (including that awful French). "—Vladimir Nabokov,Lolita
• Noust in thegrass/grassin thewind/windon thelark/larkfor thesun/Sunthrough thesea/seain theheart/heartin its noust / nothing is lost —John Glenday,Noust
• "For Lycidas isdead,deadere his prime, Young Lycidas and hath not left his peer. "—John Milton,Lycidas
• "Queeg: 'Aboard my ship, excellent performance isstandard. Standardperformance issub-standard. Sub-standardperformance is not permitted to exist.'"—Herman Wouk,The Caine Mutiny.
• "Mine bethy love,andthy love'suse their treasure. "—Shakespeare,Sonnet 20.
• "Having power makes [totalitarian leadership]isolated; isolationbreedsinsecurity; insecuritybreedssuspicion and fear; suspicion and fearbreed violence. "—Zbigniew Brzezinski,The Permanent Purge: Politics in Soviet Totalitarianism
• "The years to come seemedwaste of breath,/A waste of breaththe years behind "—William Butler Yeats"An Irish Airman Foresees His Death"
• “Your beliefs becomeyour thoughts,your thoughtsbecomeyour words, your wordsbecomeyour actions, your actionsbecomeyour habits, your habitsbecomeyour values, your valuesbecome your destiny.”
• "Turn the lights outnow / NowI'll take you by thehand/Handyou anotherdrink / Drinkit if youcan/Canyou spend a littletime?/ Timeis slippingaway/Awayfrom us sostay / Staywith me I canmake/Makeyou glad you came "—The Wanted,"Glad You Came"
• "I love her! Isn't that awonder?/ Iwonderwhy I didn'twant her?/ Iwant her!that's the thing thatmatters!/ Andmattersare improving daily! "—Sheldon Harnick,"She Loves Me"
• "Hard times createstrong men.Strong mencreategood times.Good timescreateweak men.Andweak mencreate hard times. "— Michael Hopf,Those Who Remain
• "Fear leads toanger. Angerleads tohate. Hateleads to suffering. I sense much fear in you. "Yoda-Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

See also

• Antati,a form of Tamil poetry that relies upon anadiplosis
• Antimetabole
• Epanalepsis
• Figure of speech

References

• This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain:Chambers, Ephraim,ed. (1728).Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences(1st ed.). James and John Knapton, et al.{{cite encyclopedia}}:Missing or empty|title=(help)
• Corbett, Edward P.J.Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student.Oxford University Press, New York, 1971.
• Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920).Greek Grammar.Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press. p. 673.ISBN0-674-36250-0.

External links

• Audio illustrations of anadiplosis