Anaphor
The anaphor (from ancient Greek ἀναφορά anaphorá “to lead back, to refer back ” to ἀναφέρω anaphero or ἀναφορέω anaphoreo “to lead back, to relate to”; compare the relationship between reference and Latin refero ) is a rhetorical stylistic device ; it denotes the repetition of a word (or a group of words) (once or several times) at the beginning of successive verses , stanzas , sentences or parts of sentences. It is used to structure and rhythmize texts. The repeated units may be highlighted as particularly significant.
The anaphor is one of the simplest, oldest and most common rhetorical and poetic stylistic devices. It is particularly common in religious language, for example in the Bible . The mirror image of the anaphor is the epipher ; closely related to both are Anadiplose and Kyklos .
Examples
" Stand up it is that long sleep,
Stand up deep down in vaults. [...] "
" Scipio has destroyed Numantia, Scipio [has] destroyed Carthage, and Scipio / he [has] brought peace [...] "
“ Who should now teach the children and increase science?
Who should now lead his office activities for Lämpel? "
“ Don't read oden, my son, read the timetables:
they are more precise. [...] "
“ O valleys wide, o heights, o beautiful, green forest. "
“ How tiresome to be loved, to be truly loved! How tiring to be the subject of someone else's emotional stress! If one has always wanted to see oneself free, always free, to suddenly load the burden of responsibility, to reciprocate feelings and to be decent enough not to withdraw, so that nobody thinks that one is a prince in Things emotion and at the same time reject the highest that a human soul can give. How tiring to see our existence entirely dependent on the emotional relationship with another person! How tiring to be forced to love a little too, albeit without full reciprocation! "
