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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Pol·yp·to·ton n.  Rhet. A figure by which a word is repeated in different forms, cases, numbers, genders, etc., as in Tennyson's line, -- “My own heart's heart, and ownest own, farewell.”
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 polyptoton
      n : repetition of a word in a different case or inflection in
          the same sentence; "My own heart's heart"