Epanalepsis
Sign in to savethumb|Zoopraxiscope by British photographer [[Eadweard Muybridge. Drawn Ruade of a Donkey (1879). The epanadiplosis suggests an effect of repetition.]] Epanadiplosis (from Ancient Greek /, from /, "on", /, "again", and /, "double", "doubling in succession") is a figure of speech in which the same word is used at the end of a clause as at the beginning of a preceding clause. The opposite figure is anadiplosis. It allows for melodic and rhythmic interplay to suggest emphasis or humor. Epanadiplosis can also be used to emphasize a word, a group of words, or an idea.
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14 sectionsContents
- Nature and limits of the figure
- Limits of the figure
- Combination with other figures
- Anaplodiplosis
- Stylistic use
- Genres covered
- Poetry
- Novel
- Film and audiovisual
- Music
- Comic strip
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
thumb|Zoopraxiscope by British photographer [[Eadweard Muybridge. Drawn Ruade of a Donkey (1879). The epanadiplosis suggests an effect of repetition.]] Epanadiplosis (from Ancient Greek /, from /, "on", /, "again", and /, "double", "doubling in succession") is a figure of speech in which the same word is used at the end of a clause as at the beginning of a preceding clause. The opposite figure is anadiplosis. It allows for melodic and rhythmic interplay to suggest emphasis or humor. Epanadiplosis can also be used to emphasize a word, a group of words, or an idea.
Epanadiplosis is also a narrative figure used in many literary genres, which is called "narrative epanadiplosis". It's the repetition of an initial scene or motif (in the incipit) at the plot's end (or clausule). It suggests that the narrative is closed in on itself.