Question

What the does the literary technique "double" or doubling mean.

I read some definitions online, but I kind of want to hear a simple definition.

Answer 1

http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/lit_terms_A.html

"Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself" employs the technique: "I lean and loaf at .... ANADIPLOSIS (Greek "doubling"): Repeating the last word of a ..."

Look up "anadiplosis" -- there are good examples here.

Answer 2

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