anadiplosis

[ an-uh-di-ploh-sis ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Rhetoric.

repetition in the first part of a clause or sentence of a prominent word from the latter part of the preceding clause or sentence, usually with a change or extension of meaning.

anadiplosis

/ ˌænədɪˈpləʊsɪs /

rhetoric repetition of the words or phrase at the end of one sentence, line, or clause at the beginning of the next

1580–90; < Latin < Greek, equivalent to anadiplō-, variant stem of anadiploûsthai to be doubled back + -sis -sis. See ana-, diplosis

C16: via Latin from Greek: repetition, from anadiploun to double back, from ana- + diploun to double

The sudden introduction of the interrogative clause in this line is an example of the figure of speech called anadiplosis.

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