symploce

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek συμπλοκή (sumplokḗ, interweaving)

Pronunciation

Noun

symploce (plural symploces)

Examples (repetition)

The white man sent you to Korea, you bled. He sent you to Germany, you bled. He sent you to the South Pacific to fight the Japanese, you bled. - Malcolm X

  1. (rhetoric) The repetition of one word or phrase at the beginning and another word or phrase at the end of successive phrases or clauses.
  2. (rhetoric) A combination of epanaphora and antistrophe.

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