Repetition allows the reader to set the same word, phrase, sentence, or story in an entirely new context.
“Recurrence is not a defect: repetition provides a powerful structural force, a motif which helps readers synthesise the experience of the reading. Rhythms of Recurrence announce patterns of meaning.” Mark Bernstein, David Levine, Michael Joyce, “Contours of Constructive Hypertext, Proceedings of the 1992 European Conference on Hypertext”, ACM, New York. pp 161-170.
Refractive Repetition