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antanaclasis
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gen.
Antanaklasis
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antanaclasis
n
lit.
A figurative device where a word is repeated in two or more of its senses, e.g. when in Shakespeare's play Othello says: Put out the light, and then put out the light
Act V, Scene 2
The first " light" refers to the candle, the second is a metaphor for Desdemona's life.
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