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Repetition & Refrain

Anadiplosis

an-uh-dih-PLOH-sis / ænədɪˈploʊsɪs

The last word of one clause becomes the first word of the next, linking them like a chain. The sequence feels like one thing leading to another. Stacked with rising importance, it becomes gradatio (climax).

"Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering." — Yoda

Don't confuse it with Epanalepsis. Gradatio is anadiplosis sustained up a ladder of intensity; epanalepsis circles back within a single clause.

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In the Reader — 2 excerpts

The reaches opened before us and closed behind, as if the forest had stepped leisurely across the water to bar the way for our return.
— Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness · open the passage →
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— Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita · open the passage →

The rest of the family

Anaphora Epistrophe Symploce Epanalepsis Gradatio / Climax Epizeuxis Diacope Conduplicatio Polyptoton