Anadiplosis Anadiplosis

Anadiplosis - Definition and Overview

Anadiplosis is a rhetorical figure of speech that means to "double back" and repeat a word or phrase that appears at the end of sentence or clause at the beginning of the next sentence or clause.

Examples:

  • Men in great place are thrice servants: servants of the sovereign or state; servants of fame; and servants of business. -- Francis Bacon


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