What is epanastrophe?

“… My uncle was occupied with inserting a cranking device into an aperture in the machine’s side and winding it with the meticulous and steady motion that is known to prolong the life and resiliency of springs. Fearing that his careful conduct of the task was not observed, he remarked that fast winding will lead to jerks, jerks will lead to strain and strain to breakage, thus utilizing a figure of speech to convey the importance of taking pains.

Name of figure of speech: Anadipolsis* (or Epanastrophe).“

‘At Swim Two Birds’; Flan O’ Brien ISBN 0 14 00.2536 3

Should be ‘Anadiplosis’; a typo in mine and every edition of the book I’ve seen.

epanastrophe: In rhetoric, a figure by which a word or phrase which ends one clause or sentence is immediately repeated as the beginning of the next http://www.wordnik.com

I get the Sweetest Feeling – Jackie Wilson

The closer you get
The better you look baby
The better you look
The more I want you

Unchained melody – Righteous Brothers

Oh, my love, my darling
I’ve hungered for your touch
A long, lonely time
Time goes by so slowly
And time can do so much

Wichita Lineman – Glen Campbell

And I need you more than want you
And I want you for all time
And the Wichita lineman
Is still on the line

Mellow Yellow – Donovan

I’m just mad about Saffron
Saffron’s mad about me
…
I’m just mad about Fourteen
Fourteen’s mad about me