Anadiplosis

Under a Anadiplosis ( gr ἀναδίπλωσις ( Anadiplosis ), " Repetition, doubling " ) is understood in the beginning of the following verse or sentence, the repetition of the last word or the last word of a sentence group (or verse ).

Thus, it is in the Anadiplosis a rhetorical figure from the group of word repetitions, which - like other rhetorical figures also - to increase the listener's attention and emphasize the importance of what is said.

Examples

• Ha! How do I want then mock you! Höhnen? God preserve me! ( Schiller)
• With the ships play wind and waves, wind and waves do not play with his heart. (Goethe)
• You want me to be a friend? Being a friend in good times and in bad times? ( Bible )

Similar figures

Other rhetorical figures with word repetition are anaphora, Epanadiplose, Epanalepse, Epanastrophe, Epipher, Epiploke, Geminatio, Kyklos, Symploke and variations.