ANTANACLASIS


Meaning of ANTANACLASIS in English

a word used in two or more of its possible meanings, as in the final two lines of Robert Frost's Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening: The woods are lovely, dark, and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep. The first use of sleep refers to nocturnal rest, the second to death.

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