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incremental repetition

noun

Definition of INCREMENTAL REPETITION

:  repetition in each stanza (as of a ballad) of part of the preceding stanza usually with a slight change in wording for dramatic effect
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First Known Use of INCREMENTAL REPETITION

1918

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