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(noun, literary theory) repetition of a word or expression at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, sentences, or verses especially for rhetorical or poetic effect

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anaphora
anaphoric



heavy-handed use of anaphora, ploce, repetend, and/or alliteration

I guess I forgot the meaning I had memorised for IB English

—p.251 The Best of the Prose Poem (243) by David Foster Wallace
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If there is such a thing as anaphoric history, then the logic of that history is demonstrated and tested by way of epigraphic namesake relation

—p.116 Dear Angel of Death (67) by Simone White
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1 year, 10 months ago


This becomes obvious once, in lines 3 through 6, the poem begins justifying its comparative claims through anaphoric “partly because” clauses

—p.43 Lyric and the Service Sector: Frank O’Hara at Work (37) by Jasper Bernes
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