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antanaclasis
literature
antanaclasis, a word used in two or more of its possible meanings, as in the final two lines of Robert Frostās āStopping by Woods on a Snowy Eveningā:
The woods are lovely, dark, and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
The first use of āsleepā refers to nocturnal rest, the second to death.
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