Diacope

Examples

• "Bond. James Bond." — James Bond
• "Put out the light, and then put out the light." — Shakespeare, Othello, Act V, scene 2.
• "A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse! — Richard III
• "You think you own whatever land you land on" — Second verse from the song Colors of the Wind from the movie Pocahontas
• Leo Marks's poem "The Life That I Have", memorably used in the film Odette, is an extended example of diacope:

• "In times like these, it helps to recall that there have always been times like these." — Paul Harvey. This is also an example of an epanalepsis.