Anadiplosis Explained

Anadiplosis (; Greek, Modern (1453-);: ἀναδίπλωσις, anadíplōsis, "a doubling, folding up") is the repetition of the last word of a preceding clause.^[1] The word is used at the end of a sentence and then used again at the beginning of the next sentence.^[2]

Examples

• "... how it was that people had lived in this place and in this place had died." — Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian
• "What I present here is what I remember of the letter, and what I remember of the letter I remember verbatim (including that awful French)." - Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita
• Noust in the grass / grass in the wind / wind on the lark / lark for the sun / Sun through the sea / sea in the heart / heart in its noust / nothing is lost —John Glenday, Noust
• "For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime, Young Lycidas and hath not left his peer." - John Milton, Lycidas
• "Queeg: 'Aboard my ship, excellent performance is standard. Standard performance is sub-standard. Sub-standard performance is not permitted to exist. - Herman Wouk, The Caine Mutiny.
• "Mine be thy love, and thy love's use their treasure." - Shakespeare, Sonnet 20.
• "Having power makes [totalitarian leadership] isolated; isolation breeds insecurity; insecurity breeds suspicion and fear; suspicion and fear breed violence." - Zbigniew Brzezinski, The Permanent Purge: Politics in Soviet Totalitarianism
• "The years to come seemed waste of breath, / A waste of breath the years behind" — William Butler Yeats "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death"
• “Your beliefs become your thoughts, your thoughts become your words, your words become your actions, your actions become your habits, your habits become your values, your values become your destiny.”^[3]
• "Turn the lights out now / Now I'll take you by the hand / Hand you another drink / Drink it if you can / Can you spend a little time? / Time is slipping away / Away from us so stay / Stay with me I can make / Make you glad you came" — The Wanted, "Glad You Came"
• "I love her! Isn't that a wonder? / I wonder why I didn't want her? / I want her! that's the thing that matters! / And matters are improving daily!" - Sheldon Harnick, "She Loves Me"
• "Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And weak men create hard times." — Michael Hopf, Those Who Remain
• "Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering. I sense much fear in you." Yoda -

See also

• Antati, a form of Tamil poetry that relies upon anadiplosis
• Antimetabole
• Epanalepsis
• Figure of speech

References

• • Corbett, Edward P.J. Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student. Oxford University Press, New York, 1971.
• Book: Smyth, Herbert Weir . 1920 . Greek Grammar . Harvard University Press . Cambridge MA . 0-674-36250-0 . 673.

External links

• Audio illustrations of anadiplosis

Notes and References

1. Web site: Anadiplosis . Brigham Young University . 12 May 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140709104756/http://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/Figures/A/anadiplosis.htm . 9 July 2014 . dead . dmy-all .
2. Web site: Definition of Anadiplosis . 22 October 2013 . 12 May 2014.
3. Web site: Watch Your Thoughts, They Become Words; Watch Your Words, They Become Actions – Quote Investigator.