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Anaphora

The repetition of a word or words at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines. See Paul Muldoon’s “As,” William Blake’s “The Tyger,” or much of Walt Whitman’s poetry, including “I Sing the Body Electric.”

Originally appeared in Poetry magazine.

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