Symploce

[simpləsi]

Definition

(noun.) repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning and another at the end of successive clauses, i.e., simultaneous use of anaphora and epistrophe.

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Definition

(n.) The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning and another at the end of successive clauses; as, Justice came down from heaven to view the earth; Justice returned to heaven, and left the earth.

Edited by Barton

Definition

n. (rhet.) the repetition of a word at the beginning and another at the end of successive clauses.

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