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01/28/2003 10:01 PM
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What do you call repetition of phrases beginning with the same word, such as:
"This blessed plot, this earth, the realm, this England /
This nurse, this teeming womb of royal kings..." (Richard II)
It's like epistrophe ("of the people, by the people, for the people"--see AWAD archives 1201), but not quite the same.
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#93666
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from http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary2 entries found for anaphora. To select an entry, click on it. anaphoranaphora Main Entry: anaph·o·ra Pronunciation: &-'na-f(&-)r& Function: noun Etymology: Late Latin, from Late Greek, from Greek, act of carrying back, reference, from anapherein to carry back, refer, from ana- + pherein to carry -- more at BEAR Date: circa 1589 1 : repetition of a word or expression at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, sentences, or verses especially for rhetorical or poetic effect <Lincoln's "we cannot dedicate--we cannot consecrate--we cannot hallow--this ground" is an example of anaphora> -- compare EPISTROPHE 2 : use of a grammatical substitute (as a pronoun or a pro-verb) to refer to the denotation of a preceding word or group of words; also : the relation between a grammatical substitute and its antecedent
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01/28/2003 10:13 PM
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I think we talked about this not too long ago, but I don't have time to LIU.
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#93671
01/28/2003 10:16 PM
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I would not eat it on a plane, I would not eat it on a train. I do not like them, Sam I Am, I do not like green eggs and ham.
Thank you, thank you.
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01/28/2003 10:41 PM
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From byu edu "Silva Rhetoricae" http://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/silva.htmanaphora a-naph'-o-ra From Gk. ana “again” and phero “to bring or carry” epanaphora, epembasis, epibole adjectio, relatio, repetitio, repeticio repeticion, the figure of report Repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successive clauses, sentences, or lines. Examples This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise, This fortress built by Nature for herself Against infection and the hand of war, This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea, Which serves it in the office of a wall, Or as [a] moat defensive to a house, Against the envy of less happier lands; This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England, This nurse, this teeming womb of royal kings [. . .] This land of such dear souls, this dear dear land, Dear for her reputation through the world, Is now leas'd out — I die pronouncing it — Like to a tenement or pelting farm. —John of Gaunt in Shakespeare's Richard II (2.1.40-51; 57-60)
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#93673
01/29/2003 1:06 AM
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well, back in November, we came up with symploce, which means repetition at both ends of a sentence. do a search for symploce, but beware, it's an interesting thread, to say the least! (that's why I'm not linking to it, symploce is but a mere breath in it's midst.)
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01/29/2003 2:05 AM
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symploce
sim'-plo-see or
sim'-plo-kee
from Gk. sym, "together" and plekein "to weave"
Also sp. symploche, symploke
adjunct, circulo rhetorica, conplexio
the figure of reply
The combination of anaphora and epistrophe: beginning a
series of lines, clauses, or sentences with the same word or
phrase while simultaneously repeating a different word or
phrase at the end of each element in this series.
Examples
"Against yourself you are calling him,
against the laws you are calling him,
against the democratic constitution you are calling him" —Aeschines
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#93675
01/29/2003 2:15 AM
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Dr. Bill your quote from Richard II made my day. I think I need to go read some Shakespeare.
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01/29/2003 2:19 AM
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Dear Alex: Not my quote. good old Gideon O. Burton quoted it.
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#93677
01/29/2003 7:44 AM
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Dear Alex, it is certainly a brilliant example of how effective rhetoric can be. Even though you can see the tricks, even though you are not involved, even though you are at a distant remove in time, it still has an impact!
Welcome, barehands, and thanks for the question.
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#93678
01/29/2003 10:02 AM
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Well, to pick at nits and give credit where it's due, barehands quoted first in this thread. I have no idea who Gideon O. Burton is though.
What I mean was that the speech was, as dxb said so well, very moving.
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01/29/2003 1:26 PM
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Dear Alex: Gideon O. Burton is the superman who created the 'Silva Rhetoricae" which
I so much admire, at the URL I cited.
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