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Anaphora
Example
Mnemonic Device
Example
epetition
No matter the pain, we shall pay a pound of flesh, no matter the suffering we shall survive, not matter the trials we shall triumph.
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to heaven, we were all going direct the other way - in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.-Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
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Examples
In Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous " I Have a Dream" speech, King uses anaphora as following:
Anaphora
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal."
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
I have a dream today.
Definition: repetition of the same word or groups of words at the beginning of a successive clauses / sentences or paragraphs.
- This device produces a strong emotional effect , especially in speeches.
- Greek for act of carrying back.
Sources
http://www.finedictionary.com/anaphora.html
- Must be three or more more succeeding verses, clauses, or sentences