which figure of speech is anaphora
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Anaphora is a figure of speech in which words repeat at the beginning of successive clauses, phrases, or sentences. For example, Martin Luther King's famous "I Have a Dream" speech contains anaphora: "So let freedom ringfrom the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania..."
Some additional key details about anaphora:
Anaphora is related to epistrophe, which is the repetition of words at the end of successive clauses, phrases, or sentences.
The term "anaphora" comes from the Greek for "to carry up or back."
The Psalms of the Bible, which contain many instances of anaphora, helped to influence later writers to use anaphora as a way to capture they rhythms and structures of the Bible.
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Some additional key details about anaphora:
Anaphora is related to epistrophe, which is the repetition of words at the end of successive clauses, phrases, or sentences.
The term "anaphora" comes from the Greek for "to carry up or back."
The Psalms of the Bible, which contain many instances of anaphora, helped to influence later writers to use anaphora as a way to capture they rhythms and structures of the Bible.
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