The Track of the Repetend: Syntactic and Lexical Repetition in Modern Poetry |
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... words in positions related to the poetic line . They are : Epanalepsis : the repetition at the end of a sentence or a clause or line of the word ( s ) with which it begins . ( e.g. , " Purpose so barr'd it follows , nothing is done to ...
... words in positions related to the poetic line . They are : Epanalepsis : the repetition at the end of a sentence or a clause or line of the word ( s ) with which it begins . ( e.g. , " Purpose so barr'd it follows , nothing is done to ...
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... words with identical inflec- tional endings , such as participles . Polyptoton : the repetition of words from the same root but with different endings , as in " We believe , within belief , beyond belief . " ( The first of these figures ...
... words with identical inflec- tional endings , such as participles . Polyptoton : the repetition of words from the same root but with different endings , as in " We believe , within belief , beyond belief . " ( The first of these figures ...
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... words here introduce three actions which are implicit in the lines which follow each . The refrain - like words in these passage function much like an antithetical refrain with a strong resolution . And at the end of " What the Thunder ...
... words here introduce three actions which are implicit in the lines which follow each . The refrain - like words in these passage function much like an antithetical refrain with a strong resolution . And at the end of " What the Thunder ...
Contents
Repetition Times Trace | 1 |
History and Structure | 45 |
Refrain Types Exemplified | 63 |
Copyright | |
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Common terms and phrases
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