Anadiplosis

Anadiplosis ( ; el, ἀναδίπλωσις, ''anadíplōsis'', "a doubling, folding up") is the repetition of the last word of a preceding clause. The word is used at the end of a sentence and then used again at the beginning of the next sentence.

Examples

*Noust in the grass / grass in the wind / wind on the lark / lark for the sun / Sun through the sea / sea in the heart / heart in its noust / nothing is lost — John Glenday, Noust
* "Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering." — Yoda
* "For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime, Young Lycidas and hath not left his peer." — John Milton, '' Lycidas''
*"Queeg: 'Aboard my ship, excellent performance is standard. Standard performance is sub-standard. Sub-standard performance is not permitted to exist. — Herman Wouk, ''The Caine Mutiny''.
*"Mine be thy love, and thy love's use their treasure." — Shakespeare, ''Sonnet 20''.
*"Having power makes otalitarian leadershipisolated; isolation breeds insecurity; insecurity breeds suspicion and fear; suspicion and fear breed violence." — Zbigniew Brzezinski, ''The Permanent Purge: Politics in Soviet Totalitarianism''
* "What I present here is what I remember of the letter, and what I remember of the letter I remember verbatim (including that awful French)." — Vladimir Nabokov, '' Lolita''
* "The years to come seemed waste of breath, / A waste of breath the years behind" - William Butler Yeats "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death"
* “Your beliefs become your thoughts, your thoughts become your words, your words become your actions, your actions become your habits, your habits become your values, your values become your destiny.”
*Turn the lights out now, Now I'll take you by the hand, Hand you another drink, Drink it if you can, Can you spend a little time, Time is slipping away, Away from us so stay, Stay with me I can make, Make you glad you came - Nathan Sykes of The Wanted, 2010
* "To lead a better life, I need my love to be here / Here, making each day of the year", etc. — Paul McCartney, " Here, There and Everywhere"
* "I love her! Isn't that a wonder? / I wonder why I didn't want her? / I want her! that's the thing that matters! / And matters are improving daily!" — Sheldon Harnick, "She Loves Me"

See also

*Antimetabole
* Epanalepsis
*Figure of speech
*Andhadhi, a form of Tamil poetry that relies upon anadiplosis

References

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*Corbett, Edward P.J. ''Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student''. Oxford University Press, New York, 1971.
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Audio illustrations of anadiplosis

Rhetorical techniques
Figures of speech