The epanalepsis is a figure of speech defined by the repetition of the initial word or words of a clause or sentence at the end. The beginning and the end are the two positions of stronger emphasis in a sentence; so, by having the same phrase in both places, the speaker calls special attention to it. Nested double-epanalepses form another figure of speech, which is called an antimetabole.

Contents 1 Examples 2 Etymology 3 See also 4 Footnotes 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Examples

• The king is dead, long live the king.
• Severe to his servants, to his children severe.
• Beloved is mine; she is Beloved.
• Blow winds and crack your cheeks! Rage, blow! —Shakespeare, King Lear, 3.2.1

[edit] Etymology

From the Greek ἐπανάληψις, epanálēpsis, literally meaning "repetition, resumption, taking up again".^[1]

[edit] See also

• Anaphora
• Anadiplosis
• Figure of speech

[edit] Footnotes

[edit] References

• Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920). Greek Grammar. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press. p. 673. ISBN 0-674-36250-0. 

[edit] External links

• Audio illustrations of epanalepsis