Figures of repetition

Alliteration

Alliteration

Repetition of the same sound at the beginning of multiple words.

Assonance

Repetition of similar vowel sounds.

Consonance

Repetition of final or stressed consonants.

Anadiplosis

Repetition of the last word of a clause/sentence at the beginning of the next. (Last word is same as first word of next sentence/clause).

Mesodiplosis

Repetition of the same word/s in the middle of successive sentences. (middle is the same in successive sentences).

Anaphora

Repetition of the same word/group of words at the beginning of successive clauses, sentences, or lines. (the start is the same in successive clauses, sentence or lines).

Epistrophe

Repetition of series of lines, phrases, clauses, sentences ending with the same word/s. Opposite of anaphora. (the end is the same in successive clauses, sentence or lines).

Epanalepsis

Repetition at the end of a line, phrase, clause of the word/s that occurred at the start of the same line, phrase, or clause. (a line, phrase or clause starts and ends the same).

Antanaclasis

Repetition of a word, with its meaning changing in the second instance.

Diacope

Repetition of a common name, to designate an individual and to signify the qualities connotated by a name or title.

Diaphora

Repetition of a word with one or more in between.

Epizeuxis

Repetition of words with no others in between.

Polysyndeton

Many conjunctions used in between clauses.

Tautology

Repetition of the same idea in different words, in a way that is wearisome or unnecessary.