Epizeuxis

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In rhetoric, an epizeuxis is the repetition of words in immediate succession, for vehemence or emphasis.^[1]

Examples:

"O horror, horror, horror." (Macbeth)
"Words, words, words." (Hamlet)
"Rain, rain, rain, rain, rain." (Kay)
"Developers, developers, developers, developers, developers, developers. Developers, developers, developers, developers, developers, developers, developers, developers!" (Steve Ballmer)
"Education, education, education." (Tony Blair)
"Never, never, never quit." (Winston Churchill)
"Location, location, location." (Common phrase tied to real estate)
"The horror, the horror" (Kurtz in Heart of Darkness)
"No, no, no!" (Margaret Thatcher)
"Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!" (Henry David Thoreau in Walden)
"Scotch, scotch, scotch, scotchy, scotchy scotch." (Ron Burgundy in Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy)

Such repetition is also used in writing and song:

“

Alone, alone, all all alone,

Alone on a wide, wide sea".

”

“

Round here we stay up very, very, very, very late".

”

[edit] References

^ "Epizeuxis" in Harris R, A Glossary of Literary Terms, Version Date: May 22, 1997^{[dead link]}

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