This figure is known to the rhetoricians as anadiplosis, or the beginning of a phrase with the final words of the previous phrase; it is also ploce, the insistent repetition of a word within the same line or phrase. From Wordnik.com. [Shakespeare]
When being charged by ploce, do they have to do it in person or can they do it through letter?. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference
That is to say, it’s a game about driving away from the ploce as fast as you can. From Wordnik.com. [SLACKERJACK – Monsterstack] Reference
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