Anadiplosis

Examples

• "For your brother and my sister no sooner met but they looked; no sooner looked but they loved; no sooner loved but they sighed; no sooner sighed but they asked one another the reason; no sooner knew the reason but they sought the remedy; and in these degrees have they made a pair of stairs to marriage." — Shakespeare, As You Like It, V, ii
• "... how it was that people had lived in this place and in this place had died." — Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian
• "What I present here is what I remember of the letter, and what I remember of the letter I remember verbatim (including that awful French)." —Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita
• Noust in the grass / grass in the wind / wind on the lark / lark for the sun / Sun through the sea / sea in the heart / heart in its noust / nothing is lost —John Glenday, Noust
• "For Lycidas is dead, **dead **ere his prime, Young Lycidas and hath not left his peer." —John Milton, Lycidas
• "Queeg: 'Aboard my ship, excellent performance is standard. Standard performance is sub-standard. Sub-standard performance is not permitted to exist. —Herman Wouk, The Caine Mutiny
• "Mine be thy love, and thy love's use their treasure." —Shakespeare, Sonnet 20
• "Having power makes [totalitarian leadership] isolated; isolation breeds insecurity; insecurity breeds suspicion and fear; suspicion and fear breed violence." —Zbigniew Brzezinski, The Permanent Purge: Politics in Soviet Totalitarianism
• "The years to come seemed waste of breath, / A waste of breath the years behind" — William Butler Yeats, "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death"
• “Your beliefs become your thoughts, your thoughts become your words, your words become your actions, your actions become your habits, your habits become your values, your values become your destiny.”
• "Turn the lights out now / Now I'll take you by the hand / Hand you another drink / Drink it if you can / Can you spend a little time?** / Time** is slipping away / Away from us so stay / Stay with me I can make / Make you glad you came" — The Wanted, "Glad You Came"
• "I love her! Isn't that a wonder? / I wonder why I didn't want her? / I want her! that's the thing that matters! / And matters are improving daily!" — Sheldon Harnick, "She Loves Me"
• "Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And weak men create hard times." — G. Michael Hopf, Those Who Remain
• "Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering. I sense much fear in you." Yoda - Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
• "Any dog under fifty pounds is a cat, and cats are pointless." - Ron Swanson - Parks and Recreation
• "Our very strength incites challenge. Challenge incites conflict. And conflict breeds catastrophe." - Vision in Captain America: Civil War

References

• Corbett, Edward P.J. Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student. Oxford University Press, New York, 1971.

References

1. "Anadiplosis". Brigham Young University.
2. (22 October 2013). "Definition of Anadiplosis".
3. Lanham, Richard A.. (1991). "A Handlist of Rhetorical Terms". University of California Press.
4. (10 January 2013). "Watch Your Thoughts, They Become Words; Watch Your Words, They Become Actions – Quote Investigator".