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symploce

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

Source : WordNet®

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
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