Epizeuxis

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Epizeuxis \Ep`i*zeux"is\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? a fastening
     together, repetition, fr. ? to fasten to or upon; 'epi` upon
     + ? to join, yoke.] (Rhet.)
     A figure by which a word is repeated with vehemence or
     emphasis, as in the following lines: 
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           Alone, alone, all all alone,
           Alone on a wide wide sea.                --Coleridge.
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