Anadiplosis

Anadiplosis (from the ἀναδίπλωσις, anadíplōsis, "a doubling, folding up") is the repetition of the last word of a preceding clause. The word is used at the end of a sentence and then used again at the beginning of the next sentence.

Examples

 * "For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime, Young Lycidas and hath not left his peer." &mdash;John Milton, Lycidas
 * "Queeg: 'Aboard my ship, excellent performance is standard. Standard performance is sub-standard. Sub-standard performance is not permitted to exist.'" &mdash;Herman Wouk, The Caine Mutiny.
 * "Having power makes [totalitarian leadership] isolated; isolation breeds insecurity; insecurity breeds suspicion and fear; suspicion and fear breed violence." &mdash;Zbigniew Brzezinski, The Permanent Purge: Politics in Soviet Totalitarianism
 * "What I present here is what I remember of the letter, and what I remember of the letter I remember verbatim (including that awful French)." &mdash;Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita
 * "Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering." &mdash;Yoda, Star Wars
 * "The frog was a prince / The prince was a brick / The brick was an egg / The egg was a bird" &mdash;Supper's Ready by Genesis
 * "Strength through unity, unity through faith." &mdash;Chancellor Adam Sutler, V for Vendetta
 * "Information is not knowledge, knowledge is not wisdom, wisdom is not truth, truth is not beauty, beauty is not love, love is not music and music is the best." – Frank Zappa
 * "We also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us." &mdash;
 * "They call for you: The general who became a slave; the slave who became a gladiator; the gladiator who defied an Emperor. Striking story." &mdash;Commodus, Gladiator