epanalepsis
epanalepsis, the repetition of a word or phrase after intervening language, as in the first line of Algernon Charles Swinburne’s “Itylus”:
Swallow, my sister, O sister swallow,
How can thine heart be full of the spring?
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Article Title:
epanalepsis
Website Name:
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Publisher:
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
Date Published:
07 August 2014
Access Date:
February 24, 2025