| epanalepsis |
| Definition: A figure of speech where the same word or clause is repeated after intervening words. |
| Example: '[They said,] "In three weeks England will have her neck wrung like a chicken." Some chicken; some neck.' (Winston Churchill) |
| Etymology: The word derives from the Greek epi, in addition + ana, again + lepsis, a taking. |
| Oxford English Dictionary: Its first OED citation is from 1584, but its second citation (from 1589 Puttenham Eng. Poesie iii. xix. (Arb.) 210) gives a nice example of the term: "Epanalepsis, or the Echo sound … Much must he be beloued, that loueth much." |