3:16 / Repetition pt. 1 / Enhancements series

“Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow / Creeps in this petty pace from day to day.”

Why are we quoting the famous Macbeth speech by Shakespeare? It has two separate types of repetition. The 1^st type is simple repetition with two instances. The 2^nd type is a repetition of opening sounds.

In this episode we’re also going to talk about a third clever type of repetition.

Three types of repetition. Did you know repeating words is a proliferate writing technique? Like Guppies, words clone each other. Join our presentation of three simple ways to capture reader interest and curiosity.

• 1:32 Opening
• 2:56 Repetition has impact
• 3:12 repetition examples
• 4:03 George Gordon, Lord Byron: “We’ll Go no more A-Roving”
• 5:18 Incremental Repetition
• 5:32 Examples, including the “Lord Randall” ballad and William Stafford’s “Fifteen”
• 9:05 Joni Mitchell’s “Both Sides Now”
• 14:01 polysyndeton and anaphora
• 15:23 Alliteration
• 16:38 French Rhyme vs. English Rhyme
• 17:28 Old English poems
• 18:40 alliteration examples
• 20:45 Wilfred Owens’ “From my Diary, July 1914”
• 22:00 Next Week
• 22:10 Inspiration / R. Waldo Emerson

Special Links

Joni Mitchell - Both Sides Now Lyrics | AZLyrics.com

Judy Collins sings BSN with Arthur Fiedler's Boston Pops as accompaniment

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