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Posted by jen on Thursday, March 19, 2009 at 5:16pm.

What the does the literary technique "double" or doubling mean. I read some definitions online, but I kind of want to hear a simple definition.

• english - Writeacher, Thursday, March 19, 2009 at 5:45pm

  http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/lit_terms_A.html "Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself" employs the technique: "I lean and loaf at .... ANADIPLOSIS (Greek "doubling"): Repeating the last word of a ..." Look up "anadiplosis" -- there are good examples here.

  
  

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