SYMPLOCE

symploce

(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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

symploce (plural symploces)

(rhetoric) The repetition of one word or phrase at the beginning and another word or phrase at the end of successive phrases or clauses.

Hypernyms: epanaphora, antistrophe

Source: Wiktionary


Sym"plo*ce, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Rhet.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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