Salah satu kalimat yang akan anda ingat jika saya menyebutkan Martin Luther King adalah kata-kata dalam pidatonya dihadapan 200.000 orang pendukung hak sipil Pidato yang disampaikannya dari tangga Lincoln Memorial di tengah berlangsungnya Pawai di Washington untuk Pekerjaan dan Kebebasan pada 28 Agustus 1963 adalah I Have a dream.
Pidato ini menempati peringkat pidato paling terkenal pada abad ke-20 di Amerika Serikat menurut jajak pendapat cendekiawan orasi tahun 1999.
Pengulangan kalimat I have a dream merupakan salah satu poin penting dalam pidato yang di lakukan oleh Martin Luther King. Dan pengulangan yang terus menerus akan menghipnotis audiens anda.
Pengulangan kalimat dengan tujuan penekanan dalam bahasa Indonesia kita mengenal ini dengan istilah majas Anaphora ( Pengulangan kata pada awal kalimat ) dan Majas Epifora yaitu pengulangan kata pada akhir atau tengah kalimat.
Perhatikan kata I Have a dream dalam pidato Martin Luther King dibawah ini :
"I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
 I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today.
I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of "interposition" and "nullification" --- one day right there in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers. I have a dream today!
I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight; "and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together.
Pengulangan kalimat inti dalam public speaking akan memberikan kesan penting oleh karena itu, lakukanlah !
