mesodiplosis mesodiplosis
 mes-o-dip-lo'-sis from Gk. mesos, "middle" and diplosis,
"a doubling"
mesophonia

Repetition of the same word or words in the middle of successive sentences.
 
Example
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed;
we are perplexed, but not in despair;
Persecuted, but not forsaken;
cast down, but not destroyed. —2 Corinthians 4:8-9
Related Figures
  • Figures of Repetition


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Gideon O. Burton, Brigham Young University
Please cite "Silva Rhetoricae" (rhetoric.byu.edu)


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