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Noun: epanalepsis
  1. (rhetoric) a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is repeated at the beginning and end of a clause or sentence
    "In 'Blood hath bought blood, and blows have answered blows,' 'blood' is an example of epanalepsis"

Type of: repetition

Encyclopedia: Epanalepsis