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Literary repetition
Answer for the clue "Literary repetition ", 8 letters:
anaphora
Alternative clues for the word anaphora
- Repetition of a word or phrase as the beginning of successive clauses
- Using a pronoun or other pro-word instead of repeating a word
- A rewrite of Mary Had a Little Lamb using ___: A lamb quite little, Mary had / A lamb, fleece white as snow
- Rhetorical device like "this earth, this realm, this England"
Word definitions for anaphora in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"repetition of a word or phrase in successive clauses," 1580s, from Latin, from Greek anaphora "reference," literally "a carrying back," from anapherein "to carry back, to bring up," from ana "back" (see ana- ) + pherein "to bear" (see infer ).
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Anaphora may refer to: Anaphora (rhetoric) , a rhythmic device Anaphora (linguistics) , a referential pattern in linguistics Anaphora (liturgy) a part of the Eucharistic liturgy in Christianity
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 ]
Usage examples of anaphora.
The tricolon with anaphora is a strong formal device, appropriate to the sounds of public lamentation.
This device of beginning successive lines with the same word is called anaphora, in case you wanted to know.
The tricolon with anaphora is a strong formal device, appropriate to the sounds of public lamentation.
With themes—one window held nothing but drinking vessels, from commemorative teacups to the small mended pottery anaphoras of an archaeological dig, while the next one had figurines from all over the world, all less than two inches in height.