Definition:
Repetition at the end of a clause or sentence of the word or phrase with which it began.
Etymology:
From the Greek, "resumption, repetition"Examples and Observations:
- "Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice."
(The Bible, Phil. 4.4) - "He is noticeable for nothing in the world except for the markedness by which he is noticeable for nothing.”
(Edgar Allan Poe, "The Literati of New York City," Godey's Lady's Book, September 1846) - "Say over again, and yet once over again,
That thou dost love me . . .."
(Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Sonnets from the Portuguese) - "Possessing what we still were unpossessed by,
Possessed by what we now no more possessed."
(Robert Frost, "The Gift Outright") - "Epanalepsis is rare in prose, probably because when the emotional situation arises that can make such a scheme appropriate, poetry seems to be the only form that can adequately express the emotion."
(Edward P.J. Corbett and Robert J. Connors, Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student, Oxford University Press, 1999) - "Mankind must put an end to war--or war will put an end to mankind."
(John F. Kennedy, Speech at the United Nations, 1961) - "Be all that you can be."
(Advertising slogan of the U.S. Army) - "A nut nut is a person who is nuts about the fun of eating nuts."
(Advertising slogan for Skippy Peanut Butter - "The man who did the waking buys the man who was sleeping a drink; the man who was sleeping drinks it while listening to a proposition from the man who did the waking."
(Jack Sparrow, The Pirates of the Caribbean) - "Always Low Prices. Always."
(Walmart slogan) - "Next time there won't be a next time."
(Phil Leotardo in The Sopranos)
Pronunciation: e-pa-na-LEP-sis
Also Known As: inclusio
