Anadiplosis

Anadiplosis (ἀναδίπλωσις, anadíplōsis, "a doubling, folding up") is the repetition of the last word of a preceding clause. The word is used at the end of a sentence and then used again at the beginning of the next sentence.

Examples

 * "... how it was that people had lived in this place and in this place had died." — Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian
 * "What I present here is what I remember of the letter, and what I remember of the letter I remember verbatim (including that awful French)." &mdash;Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita
 * Noust in the grass / grass in the wind / wind on the lark /  lark for the sun / Sun through the sea / sea in the heart / heart in its noust / nothing is lost —John Glenday, Noust
 * "For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime, Young Lycidas and hath not left his peer." &mdash;John Milton, Lycidas
 * "Queeg: 'Aboard my ship, excellent performance is standard. Standard performance is sub-standard. Sub-standard performance is not permitted to exist. &mdash;Herman Wouk, The Caine Mutiny.
 * "Mine be thy love, and thy love's use their treasure." &mdash;Shakespeare, Sonnet 20.
 * "Having power makes [totalitarian leadership] isolated; isolation breeds insecurity; insecurity breeds suspicion and fear; suspicion and fear breed violence." &mdash;Zbigniew Brzezinski, The Permanent Purge: Politics in Soviet Totalitarianism
 * "The years to come seemed waste of breath, / A waste of breath the years behind" — William Butler Yeats "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death"
 * “Your beliefs become your thoughts, your thoughts become your words, your words become your actions, your actions become your habits, your habits become your values, your values become your destiny.”
 * "Turn the lights out now / Now I'll take you by the hand / Hand you another drink / Drink it if you can / Can you spend a little time? / Time is slipping away / Away from us so stay / Stay with me I can make / Make you glad you came" — The Wanted, "Glad You Came"
 * "I love her! Isn't that a wonder? / I wonder why I didn't want her? / I want her!  that's the thing that matters! / And matters are improving daily!" &mdash; Sheldon Harnick, "She Loves Me"
 * "Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And weak men create hard times." — Michael Hopf, Those Who Remain
 * "Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering. I sense much fear in you." Yoda - Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace