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.
By the time of his death of liver cancer in 1998 at age 64, Wilson was a pop-culture footnote; today, 15 years later, he's nearly forgotten. Kevin Cook's new biography Flip: The Inside Story of TV's First Black Superstar, is a reminder that he shouldn't be.