Symploce

Figure of repetition that combines Anaphora and Epistrophe

Why it works well

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When there is talk of hatred, let us stand up and talk against it. When there is talk of violence, let us stand up and talk against it.

The madman is not the man who has lost his reason. The madman is the man who has lost everything except his reason.

If they speak, we will listen. If they yell, we will listen.

Works Cited

• http://www.americanrhetoric.com/figures/symploce.htm
• http://changingminds.org/techniques/language/figures_speech/symploce.htm
• http://grammar.about.com/od/rs/g/Symploce.htm 
• http://dailytrope.com/tag/symploce/v