epadiplosis

Figure Name epadiplosis
Source Bullinger (1898) ("epadiplosis; or, double encircling")
Earliest Source
Synonyms double encircling
Etymology
Type Scheme
Linguistic Domain Phonological
Syntactic
Definition

1. Repeated Epanadiplosis. When Epanadiplosis occurs at the beginning and end of successive sentences, it is called Epadiplosis (Ep-a-dip-lo-sis), "a doubling upon." (Bullinger, 268)

Example

1. Ps. 47:6.-
"Sing praises to God, sing praises:
Sing praises unto our King, sing praises."

Rom. 14:8.- "For whether we live, to the Lord we live; and whether we die, to the Lord we die." (Bullinger, 268)

Kind Of Repetition
Symmetry
Series
Similarity
Addition
Part Of
Related Figures epistrophe, epiphoza, epanadiplosis
Notes
Confidence Unconfident
Last Editor Ioanna Malton
Confidence Unconfident
Editorial Notes
Reviewed No