| Diacope: Figure of repetition in the same word or phrase occurs on either side of an intervening word or phrase; word/phrase x, ..., word/phrase x. |
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"Patience,
Lago, patience."
-- delivered by Jonathan Freeman (from the movie Aladdin) |
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"The people
everywhere, not just here in Britain, everywhere --
they kept faith with Princess Diana."
-- Tony Blair |
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"And we read,
incredible as it seems, we read of survivors struggling in
the water...."
-- Peter Marshall (on the Titanic tragedy) |
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"Confidence is high
-- I repeat -- confidence is high."
-- from the movie War Games |
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