畳じょう句く

noun

repetition; refrain; accumulative clause

A literary term for a repeated phrase or clause, especially in classical Japanese poetry or prose. Can refer to a refrain or a cumulative rhetorical device. Rare in everyday language.

• この和わ歌かでは、畳じょう句くが効こう果か的てきに使つかわれている。

  In this waka poem, a refrain is used effectively.

• 古こ典てん文ぶん学がくの注ちゅう釈しゃくで「畳じょう句く」という用よう語ごを見みかけることがある。

  You may come across the term 畳句 in commentaries on classical literature.