- Epizeuxis
In linguistics, an epizeuxis is the
repetition of words in immediate succession, for vehemence or emphasis. ["Epizeuxis" in Harris R, [http://home.cfl.rr.com/eghsap/apterms.html "A Glossary of Literary Terms"] , Version Date: May 22, 1997]Examples:
* "Words, words, words." (Hamlet )
* "Developers, developers, developers, developers!" (Steve Ballmer )
* "Education, education, education." (Tony Blair )
* "Never, never, never quit." (Winston Churchill )
* "Location, location, location." (Common phrase tied toreal estate )Such repetition is also used in writing:
cquote|Alone, alone, all all alone,Alone on a wide, wide sea".
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Samuel Coleridge inThe Rime of the Ancient Mariner References
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