Anadiplosis ( /ænədɪˈploʊsɪs/ AN-ə-di-PLOH-sis; Greek: ἀναδίπλωσις, anadíplōsis, "a doubling, folding up") is the repetition of the last word of a preceding clause. [1] The word is used at the end of a sentence and then used again at the beginning of the next sentence. [2]
Examples
- "... how it was that people had lived in this place and in this place had died." — Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian
- "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
- 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
- "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 [totalitarian leadership] isolated; isolation breeds insecurity; insecurity breeds suspicion and fear; suspicion and fear breed violence." — Zbigniew Brzezinski, The Permanent Purge: Politics in Soviet Totalitarianism
- "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.” [3]
- 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 — The Wanted, " Glad You Came"
- "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"
- "Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And weak men create hard times." — Michael Hopf, Those Who Remain
- "Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering. I sense much fear in you." Yoda - Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
See also
- Antati, a form of Tamil poetry that relies upon anadiplosis
- Antimetabole
- Epanalepsis
- Figure of speech
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
public domain:
Chambers, Ephraim, ed. (1728).
Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (1st ed.). James and John Knapton, et al. {{ cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty|title=( help)- Corbett, Edward P.J. Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student. Oxford University Press, New York, 1971.
- Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920). Greek Grammar. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press. p. 673. ISBN 0-674-36250-0.
- ^ "Anadiplosis". Brigham Young University. Archived from the original on 9 July 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
- ^ "Definition of Anadiplosis". 22 October 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
- ^ "Watch Your Thoughts, They Become Words; Watch Your Words, They Become Actions – Quote Investigator".