Using a pronoun or other pro-word instead of repeating a word

• Rhetorical device like "this earth, this realm, this England"
• Literary repetition
• Poet's repetition for effect
• A rewrite of “Mary Had a Little Lamb” using ___: “A lamb quite little, Mary had / A lamb, fleece white as snow”
• Device used in "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times"

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
In rhetoric , an anaphora (, "carrying back") is a rhetorical device that consists of repeating a sequence of words at the beginnings of neighboring clauses, thereby lending them emphasis . In contrast, an epistrophe (or epiphora) is repeating words at ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Anaphora \A*naph"o*ra\, n. [L., fr. Gr. 'anafora`, fr. 'anafe`rein to carry up or back; 'ana` + fe`rein to carry.] (Rhet.) A repetition of a word or of words at the beginning of two or more successive clauses. the use of a substitute word, ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context rhetoric English) The repetition of a phrase at the beginning of phrases, sentences, or verses, used for emphasis. 2 (context linguistics English) An expression that can refer to virtually any referent, the specific referent being defined ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. using a pronoun or other pro-word instead of repeating a word repetition of a word or phrase as the beginning of successive clauses [syn: epanaphora ]