Epizeuxis

The rhetorical figure Epizeuxis is a direct multiple word repetition for special emphasis of a word. In contrast to Geminatio is not just a doubled word, but an immediate three - or multiple repetition of a word or group of words. The repeated phrase elements are integrated into a syntactic context.

Examples

• Very, very, very good
• "But woe, woe, woe, When I see the end! " ( Wilhelm Busch, Max and Moritz )
• " Three times verily, verily, verily, verily, verily, verily, these are probably six times " (Jacob Andreae in a sermon )
• " O horror, horror, horror. " (Macbeth )