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Anaphora
Repetitio
Repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences.
Rhetorica ad Herennium IV.13
Cicero
Marcus TulliusIn Catilinam I.8
"Nihil agis, nihil moliris, nihil cogitas quod ego non modo non audiam, sed etiam non videam."
"You do nothing, you plot nothing, you think nothing which I do not only hear but even see."
Threefold nihil — the canonical Ciceronian anaphora.
In Catilinam I.1
"Quam diu etiam furor iste tuus nos eludet? quem ad finem sese effrenata iactabit audacia?"
"How long will that madness of yours mock us? To what end will your unbridled audacity hurl itself?"
Old Testament
Vetus TestamentumEcclesiastes 3:2–4
"A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up; a time to kill, and a time to heal."
Psalm 150:3–5
"Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp. Praise him with the timbrel and dance."
New Testament
Novum TestamentumMatthew 5:3–9
"Blessed are the poor in spirit… Blessed are they that mourn… Blessed are the meek…"
1 Corinthians 13:7
"Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things."
Modern Oratory
Oratores recentioresChurchill, 4 June 1940
"We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets."
King, 28 August 1963
"I have a dream that one day… I have a dream that my four little children…"
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