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Anadiplosis

Device
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

A rhetorical device where the last word or phrase of one clause is repeated at the beginning of the next, creating emphasis and continuity.

Detailed Definition
Anadiplosis is a rhetorical device where the last word or phrase of one clause or line is repeated at the beginning of the next, creating a chain-like emphasis and rhythmic momentum; it appears in biblical poetry, Shakespeare, and modern lyrics for dramatic intensification.
Example
Example in poetry:
“Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering” repeats each clause’s final word at the next clause’s opening; in the biblical phrase “The love of money is the root of all evil,” later rhetorical chains can use anadiplosis to build cause and effect; “The sea became a mirror; / a mirror became a door” links lines while changing the image’s direction; John Milton uses chained repetition in “The mind is its own place,” where recurring terms help argument unfold; anadiplosis differs from anaphora because its repeated word comes from the end of the preceding unit
Additional Notes
Repetition of line's last word as next line's first. Creates chain effect. Related to anadiplosis, conduplicatio. Emphasizes connection between ideas. See Psalm rhetoric and Donne. Strong linking device for argument.
Other Meanings of “Anadiplosis”
Also Known As
Word repetition End-beginning repeat Link word Catch word Chain repetition Gradatio
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