epanaphora

Etymology

(Traditional) Gk. epi, "upon, in addition" + ana, "up, again” + phero, “to bring, carry”

Synonyms, partial synonyms, and alternate spellings

adjectio, anaphora, epambasis, epibole, like sentence-beginnings, overlaid repetition, relatio, repeticio, repeticion, repetitio, repetitio crebra, the figure of report

Definition

The occurrence of at least one of the same lexemes at the beginning of different phrases or clauses.

Example

[T]oday in Germany I am called a German man of science and in England I am represented as a Swiss Jew. If I come to be regarded as a bête noire, the description will be reversed, and I shall become a Swiss Jew for the Germans and a German man of science for the English. (Einstein, qtd in Moyer 1979)

Moyer, Donald Franklin. 1979. “Revolution in Science: The 1919 Eclipse Test of General Relativity.” In On the Path of Albert Einstein, edited by Berham Kursunoglu, Arnold Perlmutter, and Linda F. Scott, 55–102. University of Miami: Orbis Scientiae.