with-chu
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is there a specific name for the poetic technique of repeating certain phrases?
e.g. in Yeats' Easter 1916:
[stanza 3]
...
Minute by minute they change;
...
Changes minute by minute;
...
...
Minute by minute they live:
...
It's not exactly anaphora since it isn't the beginning of every sentence...
I'm looking for a smart term to use here... 'repetition of the phrase' doesn't quite sum up it's significance.
Help please!
e.g. in Yeats' Easter 1916:
[stanza 3]
...
Minute by minute they change;
...
Changes minute by minute;
...
...
Minute by minute they live:
...
It's not exactly anaphora since it isn't the beginning of every sentence...
I'm looking for a smart term to use here... 'repetition of the phrase' doesn't quite sum up it's significance.
Help please!