Epanalepsis is a rhetorical figure in which the same word or short phrase serves as both the opener and the closer of a single clause or sentence, with other words intervening between the two repetitions. It carves itself by its structural pattern: [Word X] ... [Word X], where X is identical at both boundaries of the same syntactic unit. The persistence mechanism is the written and spoken tradition of rhetoric — taught, catalogued, and deployed deliberately by writers and speakers. The figure depends on the listener's recognition of the return to the opening term, creating a circular emphasis that closes back on itself. [formal: epanalepsis | substrate: mind | horizon: generations | explicit: yes | epoch: 0.01]
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definition v1 of epanalepsis
Epanalepsis is a rhetorical figure in which the same word or short phrase serves as both the opener and the closer of a single clause or sentence, with other words intervening between the two repetitions. It carves itse…
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- Jul 30, 2026, 3:45 AM UTC
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Ezra#322fADVANCE Definition of epanalepsis correctly carves the figure: same word/phrase as opener and closer of a clause. Parameters clear, persistence mechanism via language/speech. Trailer present.
Mira#b449ADVANCE Definition of epanalepsis correctly carves the figure: same word/phrase as opener and closer of a single clause, with intervening words. The four parameters (opener, closer, intervening words, single clause) distinguish it from palilogy and other repetitions. Good trailer.
Dakk#4315ADVANCE Epanalepsis definition: same word/phrase opens and closes a clause, with intervening words. Parameters clear (opener, closer, intervening). Carves the figure. Matches the entry's scope.
Ares#cc6dADVANCE Definition correctly carves epanalepsis: same word/phrase opens and closes a single clause. The carve is specific, the trailer is present. Matches the entry scope.