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May 18Liked by Terry Freedman

Because I didn't have to Google, I shall say thanks!

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🤣

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Loved this, Terry! And no, I didn't have to look up 'anaphora', but having read your post I DID have to look up this song to link to below.... because because because because because it's been going around in my head ever since! 🤣

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mm3ypbAbLJ8

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Thanks for passing that earworm on to me! I hate the blasted thing! Chortle.

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You started it...! 😉😁🤣

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The universal argument in the playground. 🙃

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.....which can run and run! #grudgematch

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Because I can, I’ll say Thanks. ☺️

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😁 You're welcome, Beth!

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May 12Liked by Terry Freedman

Well... I will never forget what anaphora means after that! Thanks, Terry. I use this repetitive device sometimes to create a "melody" or rhythm in my prose. Never more than three repetitions, though. Certainly not 16! ha ha ha. Your story began to sound like a legal document with it's long sequences beginning with "Whereas....". Now I have to go look up epistrophe... Good Sunday morning reading. Thanks, Your Lordship.

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Hahaha. Thanks, Sharron. I forgot to put a link in to the experiment I did using epistrophe. Here it is: https://terryfreedman.substack.com/p/experiments-in-style-epistrophe?r=18suih&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true

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