Knowra Anaphora Anaphora Anaphora is the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses, sentences, or lines. It creates emphasis, rhythm, and structural unity.
Epistrophe : Epistrophe is the repetition of a word or phrase at the ends of successive clauses or lines. It places repetition where anaphora does not: at successive endings.
I Have a Dream : “I Have a Dream” is a 1963 speech by Martin Luther King Jr. advocating racial equality and civil rights. King’s repeated phrase gives the speech its best-known anaphoric sequence.
Repetition : Repetition is the recurrence of a sound, word, phrase, or structure in speech, writing, or other forms. Anaphora is a specific kind of repetition defined by position.
Epizeuxis : Epizeuxis is the immediate repetition of a word or phrase without intervening words. Unlike anaphora, it repeats directly rather than across successive clause openings.
Symploce : Symploce is the repetition of words at both the beginnings and endings of successive clauses. It combines anaphora’s repeated openings with repeated endings.
We Shall Fight on the Beaches : “We Shall Fight on the Beaches” is a 1940 speech by Winston Churchill during the Battle of France. Churchill’s repeated “we shall fight” intensifies resolve through successive clauses.
Rhetorical device : A rhetorical device is a technique used to shape language for persuasive, expressive, or memorable effect. Anaphora belongs to the wider set of deliberate rhetorical techniques.
Anadiplosis : Anadiplosis repeats the last word or phrase of one clause at the beginning of the next. It links clause endings to following openings instead of repeating each opening.
Parallelism : Parallelism is the use of similar grammatical structures in related words, phrases, or clauses. Repeated openings often gain force from parallel grammatical construction.
The Waste Land : The Waste Land is a 1922 poem by T. S. Eliot depicting cultural fragmentation after the First World War. Its repeated “Unreal City” shows anaphora creating a recurring, disquieting motif.
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