From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Repetition is the simple repeating of a word, within a sentence or a poetical line, with no particular placement of the words, in order to secure emphasis. This is such a common literary device that it is almost never even noted as a figure of speech.rom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Repetition is the simple repeating of a word, within a sentence or a poetical line, with no particular placement of the words, in order to secure emphasis. This is such a common literary device that it is almost never even noted as a figure of speech.
An addiction to cocaine and heroin may have led to Owen Wilson's Sunday suicide attempt, according to a report in Us Weekly magazine.
Did Virginia Woolf really commit suicide by drowning herself in a river with a stone? Yes, Virginia did commit suicide by putting a large stone in the pocket of her coat to weigh herself down under the water of the nearby river Ouse. In the film, however, before her suicide, she writes two farewell letters, one to her husband and one to her sister, Vanessa.