Anaphora is a rhetorical or literary figure that consists of the repetition of a word or expression at the beginning of a sentence, in order to achieve an aesthetic effect.
There is also anaphora in grammar, which consists of the repetition of a word or idea in the context of the same sentence to accentuate its meaning or synthesize the information.
Anaphora as a figure of speech
Give the blade, mill,
until snowing the wheat.
Give the stone water
until it is tame.
Give the mill, air,
even the endless.
(Miguel Hernández)
There are silent kisses, noble kisses
there are enigmatic kisses , sincere
there are kisses that only souls give each other, there
are kisses forbidden, true.
(Gabriela Mistral)
Painter born in my land,
with the foreign brush,
painter who follows the path
of so many old painters,
although the Virgin is white,
paint me black angels.
(Andrés Eloy Blanco)
Oh night that guided me Oh night more lovely than the dawn! Oh night that joined Beloved with lover, beloved transformed in the Beloved! (Saint John of the Cross)
How much flower they have defoliated,
how much captivating gaze,
how much lace of clean thread,
how much kiss on the day
that like a well of embers
ignites and annihilates them!
(Antonio Carvajal)
Treacherous generals:
look at my dead house,
look at broken Spain:
but from each dead house comes burning metal
instead of flowers,
but from each hole in Spain
comes Spain,
but from each dead child comes a rifle with eyes,
but from each crime are born bullets
that will one day find the site
of your heart.
(Pablo Neruda)
Blessed shall you be in the city and in the country. Blessed will be the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your land …
(Deuteronomy 28, 3-6)
Not to us , O Lord, give us the glory,
not to us but to your name,
carried by your love, your loyalty!
(Psalm 115, 1-3)
Happy are those who have the spirit of the poor, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. Happy are those who mourn, for they will receive comfort. Happy the patients, because they will receive the land in inheritance.
(Gospel of Saint Matthew 5, 3-7)
Love is patient and shows understanding. Love is not jealous, does not appear or inflate.
(Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians 13, 4)
There are those who need a love song;
some people need a song of friendship;
some need to go back to the sun
to sing the greatest freedom.
(Silvio Rodríguez)
With you I learned
That there are new and better emotions
With you I learned
to know a world full of illusions.
(Armando Manzanero)
Kiss me, kiss me a lot
like it was tonight the last time
Kiss me, kiss me a lot
I’m afraid of losing
you losing you later.
(Consuelo Vásquez)
Only once did
I love in life
Only once
and nothing more.
(Agustín Lara)
Don’t think it wasn’t worth it
Don’t think you ‘re not important
On the contrary, I loved you with all my soul.
(Natalia Lafourcade)
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Grammatical anaphora
Run , run , then it’s too late!
Fly , fly high!
And give it , and give it , over and over again.
I have always liked chocolate . Chocolate is a real delicacy.
He insists on wearing long hair , but long hair is out of style.
Miguel and I went to the field, we walked hand in hand.
Parents and children reunited at home, sang with emotion.
Alicia Rivas is a professor at the university. She is the coordinator of the project in question.
He is the father of the bride. He is responsible for the party.
Maria and Antonio will go to Paris this year. They have dreamed of it since childhood.
I wanted to talk to Manuel , but I have n’t found him.
The musicians played great tonight. They deserve our thanks.
Ana was my best friend. So I dedicated my first book to him.
Must be on time to the airport to make check-in . For this , we must leave the house three hours before.
There will be no one home this afternoon. That being the case , I will have lunch outside.
