#repetition  the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device
  supertype:  rhetorical_device  a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance)
  subtype:  anadiplosis__anadiplosi  repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next
  subtype:  epanalepsis  repetition after intervening words
  subtype:  epanodos  repetition or recapitulation in reverse order
  subtype:  epiphora__epistrophe  repetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences, verses, etc.
  subtype:  gemination  doubling of a word or words
  subtype:  ploce  repetition to gain special emphasis or extend meaning
  subtype:  polyptoton  repetition of a word in a different case or inflection in the same sentence; "My own heart's heart"
  subtype:  epanaphora__anaphora  repetition of a word or phrase as the beginning of successive clauses
  subtype:  anaphora  using a pronoun or other pro-word instead of repeating a word
  subtype:  symploce  repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning and another at the end of successive clauses, i.e., simultaneous use of anaphora and epistrophe

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