What Is the Difference Between Repetition and Repetition of Sounds?
The above categories are all figures of speech where a word or phrase is repeated. However, there is another type of repetition in writing—the repetition of sounds. This type of repetition includes:
Consonance, where a consonant sound repeats in a string of words.
Assonance, or the repetition of vowel sounds
Alliteration, where initial letter sounds repeat.
While these literary terms all involve repetition, in literary analysis, experts usually use the term “repetition” to refer only to the use of recurring words and phrases.
Example of Repetition in Literature and Poetry
The power of repetition becomes clear when looking at examples in poetry and literature. Take this example of repetition from one of Edgar Allan Poe’s most famous poems, “The Bells” (1849):
To the tintinabulation that so musically wells
From the bells, bells, bells, bells,
Bells, bells, bells—
From the jingling and the tinkling of the bells.
The chief kind of repetition Poe has used is epizeuxis, with the word “bells” repeating in direct succession. One of the effects of this repetition is that it creates onomatopoeia, eventually approximating something like clanging metal. Poe repeats the word “bells” 62 times in the poem.
TT Writing 101: What Is Repetition? 7 Types of Repetition in Writing With Examples
Written by MasterClass
Last updated: Sep 1, 2022 • 4 min read
Repetition is not intuitive. People don’t generally want to repeat themselves, and yet, some of history’s most famous speeches—from Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” to Winston Churchill’s “We Shall Fight on These Beaches”—contain repetition. Used intentionally in the right context, repetition can be a powerful tool to make an audience savor words, understand a point, or believe in a cause.
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