英语修辞格中的首语重复(anaphora)是重复手段中一种很常见的修辞方法。它是指一个单词、一个词组或一个句子连续出现在两个或两个以上的句子、分句、诗行或语段的开头。如：

1. We are a people in a quandary about the present. We are a people in search of our future. We are a people in search of a national community.

—Barbara Jordan, 1976 Democratic Convention Keynote Address

2. To raise a happy, healthy, and hopeful child, it takes a family; it takes teachers; it takes clergy; it takes business people; it takes community leaders; it takes those who protect our health and safety. It takes all of us.

—Hillary Clinton, 1996 Democratic National Convention Address