1. A rhetorical device in which the last word or phrase of one clause is repeated at the beginning of the next clause.
Usage: literary; rhetoric

Examples

• The famous phrase 'What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say' uses anadiplosis with the repetition of 'say.'
• In the sentence 'Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate,' anadiplosis creates a chain of cause and effect.
• Shakespeare employed anadiplosis in 'The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves' to emphasize the connection between ideas.
• Anadiplosis is often used in poetry to create rhythm and reinforce meaning through repetition.
• The speaker used anadiplosis: 'We must act now, now is the time for change.'