| in their beds in their heads
to the top of the porch
to the sky
like a cherry
to his sleigh |
Exact repetition of two or more consecutive, identical words preceding any word or phrase The repetition must be within a single line or two consecutive lines | initial-pivot-words |
| as white as | Exact repetition of a word immediately preceding and following a different word The repetition must be within a single line. | wordw-x-wordw |
| wink of his eye twist of his head |
Exact repetition of two or more consecutive words in the midst of parallel phrase constructions. The parallelism must be within a single line or two consecutive lines. Repeated words must be enclosed by words that are not identical but of the same parts of speech. | par-inid-outsamepos |
| dash away/dash away/dash away to all/to all |
Exact repetition of two or more consecutive words. The repetition must be within a single line. | repeated-words |
| whistled, and shouted, and call'd | At least two 'and's connecting same parts of speech. The repetition must be within a single line | ands |
| to all, and to all | Identical word or words on either side of a word. The repetition must be within a single line. | id-ends |
|
Tore open the shutters threw up the sash
from his head |
Exact repetition of a single word in the midst of parallel phrase constructions. The parallelism must be within two consecutive lines. The Repeated word must be enclosed by words that are not identical but of the same parts of speech. The repetition must be within two consecutive lines. This differs from 'par-inid-outsamepos' in that this requires an identical single word. That required multiple identical words. | id-middle |
|
And Mama in her 'kerchief and I in my cap
His eyes how they twinkled
His cheeks were like roses
A wink of his eye |
Identical words in similar positions in roughly parallel phrases. The repetition must be within two consecutive lines. | multiple-ids |