In rhetoric, anaphora (from the Greek ἀναφορά, "carrying back") is the repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of several consecutive sentences or verses to emphasize an image or a concept. Rhetoric (from Greek ρήτωρ, rhêtôr, orator, teacher) is the art or technique of persuasion, usually through the use of language. ...

Mad world! Mad kings! Mad composition!

— (William Shakespeare, King John, II, i)

'We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills. We shall never surrender.

— (Winston Churchill)

Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer! (One people, one empire, one leader!)

— (Adolf Hitler)

What the hammer? what the chain,

In what furnace was thy brain?

What the anvil? what dread grasp.

Dare its deadly terrors clasp?

— (William Blake, from "The Tyger")

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 . . . -Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... King John is one of the so-called Shakespearean histories, plays written by William Shakespeare and based on the history of England. ... The We shall fight on the beaches speech was a famous speech made by Sir Winston Churchill to the House of Commons of the British Parliament on 4 June 1940. ... This article is becoming very long. ... Hitler redirects here. ... William Blake in an 1807 portrait by Thomas Phillips William Blake (November 28, 1757–August 12, 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. ... Plate with The Tyger, illustration by William Blake The Tyger is a poem by the English poet William Blake. ... Dickens redirects here. ... A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a historical novel by Charles Dickens; it is moreover a moral novel strongly concerned with themes of guilt, shame, redemption and patriotism. ...

See also

• Anaphora (linguistics)