Dante's Use Of Anaphora And Its Effect In Your Audience

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Anaphora is the repetition of a certain word or phrase at the beginning of a successive line of writing or speech. It can be used in novels and short stories, but its most commonly seen in poetry, essays, and formal speeches. As a rhetorical device, or a technique that an author uses to persuade, anaphora is used for the purpose of generating a particular effect in your audience. Anaphora appeals to the feelings, or pathos, of your audience. By repeating a word or phrase, the readers or listeners start to anticipate the next line. As Dante is reading the inscription the phrase "Through me pass.." is repeated to ensure the reader's knowledge of one ruler over all of hell that whoever passes through will answer to, allowing Dante to become aware

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