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| e-pan'-o-dos | from Gk. ep, "upon," ana,
"again," and odos, "way" Also sp. epanadis, epanodis reditus ad propositum, regressio the figure of retire, regression |
- Repeating the main terms of an argument in the course of presenting it.
- Returning to the main theme after a digression
- Returning to and providing additional detail for items mentioned previously (often using parallelism).
Puttenham provides this example of epanodos:Related Figures Related Topics of InventionLove, hope, and death, do stir in me such strife,
As never man but I led such a life:
For burning love doth wound my heart to death:
And when death comes at call of inward grief,
Cold lingering hope doth feed my fainting breath:
Against my will, and yields my wound relief,
So that I live, and yet my life is such:
As never death could grieve me half so much
