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Epanalepsis

ep-an-a-lep'-sis from Gk. ep, "in addition," ana, "again,"
and lepsis, "a taking"

Also known as resumptio,the echo sound, the slow return, resumption

Epanalepsis involves repetition of the same word or clause after intervening matter. More strictly, repetition at the end of a line, phrase, or clause of the word or words that occurred at the beginning of the same line, phrase, or clause.

Examples

"In times like these, it is helpful to remember that there have always been times like these. " —Paul Harvey

"Believe not all you can hear, tell not all you believe." —Native American proverb

"A lie begets a lie." —English proverb

"To each the boulders that have fallen to each."
—Robert Frost, "Mending Wall"

Related Figures

Anadiplosis -Anadiplosis also employs repetition at endings and beginnings, but does so by repeating the last word of a line or clause as the first word in the next.
Symploce -A combination of anaphora and epistrophe: repeating the same initial and the same ending words in successive lines or clauses.

Acknowledgement

The above information on individual rhetorical techniques is reproduced from the website “Silva Rhetoricae” (www.rhetoric.byu.edu ) under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 licence. Credit for this content lies with Professor Gideon O Burton of Brigham Young University.