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Noun: epizeuxis
  1. (rhetoric) the immediate repetition of a word or phrase for emphasis
    "The line 'Alone, alone, all, all alone' in Coleridge's 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' is an example of epizeuxis"

Derived forms: epizeuxises

Encyclopedia: Epizeuxis