If pleonasm is the repetition of the same idea through different words in the same sentence, the anaphora it is simply the repetition of the same word and the same idea at the beginning of each sentence.
This figure of speech can occur as poetic license in literary works and music, or as an oversight. Classified as a construction figure, it interferes with the structure of the text through the expressiveness contained in this repetition.
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Let's go to the examples?
Below, an example of what can occur in an anaphora due to sheer negligence of the interlocutor. The excerpt below is from an alleged termination of the relationship with a tone of vengeance, in which anger did not allow the editing of the text. This caused the repetition of the same words at each beginning of a sentence:
The term “it is because” with the meaning of cause was very expressive as to the reasons for the end of the relationship. Although it was an oversight, it fulfilled the functions of the construction figures well, changing the structure of the text to emphasize the intensity.
Now, let's go to examples in cultural productions, such as in this song by Marisa Monte, “Segue o seco”:
Here, anaphora is used to add more beauty to the song that talks about the suffering of drought.
Another example is in the song “Indios”, by the group Legião Urbana. The repetition of words at the beginning of a stanza expresses the intensity of the regret for not having the opportunity to do what I would like:
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