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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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symploce
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. 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
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Symploce \Sym"plo*ce\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? an interweaving, fr. ? to twine together; ? + ? to twine.] (Rhet.) 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; ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
In rhetoric , symploce is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is used successively at the beginning of two or more clauses or sentences and another word or phrase with a similar wording is used successively at the end of them. It is the combination ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context rhetoric English) The repetition of one word or words at the beginning and another word or words at the end of successive phrases or clauses. 2 (context rhetoric English) A combination of epanaphora and antistrophe.