Coenotes

cee'-no-tees Gk. "sharing in common"
combined repetition

Repetition of two different phrases: one at the beginning and the other at the end of successive paragraphs.

Note: Composed of anaphora and epistrophe, coenotes is simply a more specific kind of symploce (the repetition of phrases, not merely words).

Examples

O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for ever
O give thanks to the Lord of Lords: for his mercy endureth for ever.
— Psalm 136:1-3

Related Figures

Symploce
Anaphora
Epistrophe

Coenotes

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.