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

It had been a desperate land before, and it was a desperate land still. (Bacigalupi 2015:80)

Bacigalupi, Paolo. 2015. The water knife. New York: Knopf. 

epanaphora
antithesis
mesodiplosis