Repetition is the simple repeating of a word, within a sentence or a poetical line, with no particular placement of the words, in order to emphasize. This is such a common literary device that it is almost never even noted as a figure of speech. It also has connotations to listing for effect and is used commonly by famous poets such as Larkin.

Types

• Epizeuxis
  Epizeuxis
  In rhetoric, an epizeuxis is the repetition of words in immediate succession, for vehemence or emphasis.Examples:* "O horror, horror, horror." * "Words, words, words." * "Rain, rain, rain, rain, rain."...
  
  or palilogia is the repetition of a single word, with no other words in between. This is from the Greek words, "Fastening Together"

"Words, words, words." (Hamlet

Hamlet

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• Conduplicatio is the repetition of a word in various places throughout a paragraph.

"And the world said, 'Disarm, disclose, or face serious consequences'—and therefore, we worked with the world, we worked to make sure that Saddam Hussein heard the message of the world." (George W. Bush

George W. Bush

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• Anadiplosis
  Anadiplosis
  Anadiplosis is the repetition of the last word of a preceding clause. The word is used at the end of a sentence and then used again at the beginning of the next sentence.-Examples:...
  
  is the repetition of the last word of a preceding clause. The word is used at the end of a sentence and then used again at the beginning of the next sentence.

"This, it seemed to him, was the end, the end of a world as he had known it..." (James Oliver Curwood

James Oliver Curwood

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• Anaphora is the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of every clause. It comes from the Greek phrase, "Carrying up or Back".

"We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills, we shall never surrender." (Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill

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• Epistrophe
  Epistrophe
  Epistrophe , also known as epiphora , is a figure of speech and the counterpart of anaphora. It is the repetition of the same word or words at the end of successive phrases, clauses or sentences...
  
  is the repetition of a word or phrase at the end of every clause.

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny compared to what lies within us." (Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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• Mesodiplosis is the repetition of a word or phrase at the middle of every clause.

"We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed..." (Second Epistle to the Corinthians

Second Epistle to the Corinthians

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• Diaphora is the repetition of a name, first to signify the person or persons it describes, then to signify its meaning.

"For your gods are not gods but man-made idols." (The Passion of Saints Sergius and Bacchus

Saints Sergius and Bacchus

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• Epanalepsis
  Epanalepsis
  The epanalepsis is a figure of speech defined by the repetition of the initial word of a clause or sentence at the end of that same clause or sentence. The beginning and the end are the two positions of stronger emphasis in a sentence; so, by having the same phrase in both places, the speaker...
  
  is the repetition of the initial word or words of a clause or sentence at the end.

"The king is dead, long live the king."

• Diacope
  Diacope
  Diacope is a rhetorical term meaning repetition of a word or phrase broken up by other words or phrases. It derives from a Greek word meaning "cut in two"Examples:...
  
  is a rhetoric
  Rhetoric
  Rhetoric is the art of discourse, an art that aims to improve the facility of speakers or writers who attempt to inform, persuade, or motivate particular audiences in specific situations. As a subject of formal study and a productive civic practice, rhetoric has played a central role in the Western...
  
  al term meaning uninterrupted repetition of a word, or repetition with only one or two words between each repeated phrase.