epanalepsis.

Repetition of an opening word or phrase at the end of the same clause or unit.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• a circular epanalepsis
• rhetorical epanalepsis

On the page

‘Nothing would quiet the corridor—nothing’ closed through epanalepsis.

Her epanalepsis left the final sentence trapped in its opening thought.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.