![]() ![]() I ended all three verses of the hymn of confession “Lead Us Back” with the phrase “Lead us back to life in You.” In my song “All I Have Is Yours” I repeated that title phrase three times in each verse, then used it as a chorus.Įpistrophe: Repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive verses or clauses. “Shine, Jesus Shine,” by Graham Kendrick, which also includes the phrase “Blaze, Spirit blaze” and “Flow, river flow.”Įpinome: The repetition of a refrain.“Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.” – Romans 12:15Įpanalepsis: Repetition at the end of a line with the beginning word of that line:.Note the “d” sound in this verse from John Newton’s “House Sweet The Name Of Jesus Sounds”:Įpanadiplosis: Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning and end of a phrase: Notice Emily Dickenson’s use of the short a while describing a snake in “A Narrow Fellow In The Grass”:Ĭonsonance: Repetition of consonant sounds within words (unlike alliteration, where the repeated sounds are at the beginning of words). Here, Isaac Watts addresses his own soul and his voice in “Arise, My Soul! My Joyful Powers”:Īssonance: The repetition of vowel sounds within non-rhyming words. Hymn writers often address the cross upon which Jesus died. “Vile and full of sin I am/ Thou art full of truth and grace” - Charles Wesley, “Jesus, Lover of my Soul”Īpostrophe: Addressing inanimate objects or persons not in the vicinity (frequently persons who are deceased).“Ah, but I was so much older then / I’m younger than that now” - Bob Dylan, “My Back Pages”. ![]() ![]() Antistrophe occurs when words are repeated in reverse order, meaning essentially the same thing each time:Īntithesis: The use of opposites in successive phrases, to highlight the distinction or difference: You can take the girl out of the city, but you can’t take the city out of the girlĪntistrophe: Similar to antimetabole, but more limited in scope.This life is worth the living, just because He livesĪntimetabole: A figure of speech in which the same phrase or idea is repeated in transposed order, giving the second phrase a different or deeper meaning: Fanny Crosby begins “Redeemed, How I Love To Proclaim It” with three successive lines starting with the word “Redeemed.” And Charles Wesley uses anaphora well in “Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus“: “ Born Thy people to deliver/ Born a child and yet a King/ Born to reign in us forever.” Look at the way Bill and Gloria Gaither repeat the title song phrase of “Because He lives” in their chorus: used anaphora repeatedly in his “I Have A Dream” speech. Seeming to be the chimes of freedom flashingĪnadiplosis: Repeating the last word or phrase of one line at the beginning of the next one:Īnaphora: Repetition of the same words at the beginning of successive lines. We ducked inside the doorway, thunder crashin’Īs majestic bells of bolts struck shadows in the sun But keep this list on hand and refer to it occasionally to sprinkle a few of these elements into each of your songs.Īlliteration: the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of a word, like the “H” sound in “ Hark the herald angels sing” or the “L” in Stephen Foster’s “Open thy lattice, love, listen to me.” Count all the alliteration in this brief part of Bob Dylan’s “Chimes Of Freedom” (look for B, F, D,S and M words):įar between sundown’s finish and midnight’s broken toll And you certainly couldn’t use all or even a significant minority of these devices in every song. The point is not for you to memorize all these terms. Use the “Print Friendly” tab at the bottom if you’d like to turn this short glossary into a PDF for printing.
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