Parechesis
Type of linguistic repetition
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In rhetoric, parechesis (παρήχησις) is the repetition of the same sound in several words in close succession.[1]
An example of a parechesis is: "He persuades the Pithian (πείθει τὸν Πειθίαν)."[2] Hermogenes of Tarsus discusses parechesis in his work On the invention of arguments (Περὶ εὑρέσεως).[3] Alliteration (initial rhyme) is a special case of parechesis.
It is related to paronomasia.[4][5]
