Kyklos

The Kyklos ( ancient Greek κύκλος: " ring, circle ," latin redditio: " Wieder-/Rückgabe " or inclusio: " Ein-/Umschließung ") is a figure of speech from the group of repeating figures. As Kyklos is called the framing of a sentence, verse or other syntactic or semantic unit by the repetition of the same word or the same set member. This can be illustrated by the following scheme:

Examples

• " Privation you shall! shall refrain from it " (Goethe, Faust I, V. 1549)
• " Cras amet qui numquam amavit, quique amavit, cras amet. " ( Pervigilium Veneris, German about: love tomorrow who has never loved anyone who has loved, love tomorrow. )
• " Ignorant, vile fellow! have you not often told me it that I am to make me go out of the room? Can you not imagine because that which has cabinets may be, will also have permission to be in the room? Ignorant, vile fellow! " ( Lessing, The young scholar, Act 3, 14 gig )