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Anaphora, Epistrophe, and Symploce
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Examples of Symploce
Examples of Anaphora
"Let us let our own children know that we will stand against the forces of fear.
When there is talk of hatred, let us stand up and talk against it.
When there is talk of violence, let us stand up and talk against it."
-Bill Clinton's Oklahoma Bombing Memorial Prayer Service Adress
Clinton uses symploce to create a parallel structure, emphasize his point, and make his speech easy to remember.
"Give praise with psalms that tell the trees to sing,
Give praise with Gospel choirs in storefront churches,
Mad with the joy of the Sabbath,
Give praise with the babble of infants, who wake with the sun,
Give praise with children chanting their skip-rope rhymes"
Ann Porter's A List of Praises
Porter uses anaphora to display the different ways that praise is given.
Epistrophe
Repetition of a word or phrase at the end of a set of clauses or sentences.
Literary Purpose
http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/list-praises
- artistic effect (make it sound pretty)
- let it flow like a jungle river
- make speeches or important quotes memorable
- emphasize a point
http://www.literarydevices.net/anaphora
http://www.literarydevices.net/epitrophe
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/figures/symploce.htm
Examples of Epistrophe
Symploce
Repetition of a word or phrase at both the beginning and the end of a set of sentences or clauses.
Madison Brock and Cassie Rehage
Brutus:
“Who is here so base that would be a bondman? If any, speak; for him have I offended. Who is here so rude that would not be a Roman? If any, speak; for him have I offended. Who is here so vile that will not love his country? If any, speak; for him have I offended….”
William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar
"Et tu Brute?"
Anaphora
Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of a set of clauses or sentences.