Symploce

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

  Symploce \Sym"plo*ce\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? an interweaving, fr. ?
     to twine together; ? + ? to twine.] (Rhet.)
     The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning and
     another at the end of successive clauses; as, Justice came
     down from heaven to view the earth; Justice returned to
     heaven, and left the earth.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  symploce
       n : repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning and another
           at the end of successive clauses, i.e., simultaneous use
           of anaphora and epistrophe