Isocolon is a rhetorical scheme in which parallel elements possess the same number of words or syllables. As in any form of parallelism, the pairs or series must enumerate like things to achieve symmetry. The … See more

Tetracola are sometimes called "quatrains" (cf. the usual meaning of quatrain).
An example of a tetracolon may be cited from a poem by Gabriele D'Annunzio:
Era calcina grossa, e … See more

A special type of collocation known as an irreversible binomial is a bicolon that is both short and so well known that it becomes a fixed expression. Not all irreversible binomials … See more

The term, a compound of ἴσος ísos 'equal' and κῶλον kôlon 'member, clause' was used in the classical Greek rhetorical literature: See more

Veni, vidi, vici — (Julius Caesar)
"I came; I saw; I conquered."
A tricolon that comprises parts in increasing size, magnitude or intensity is called a tricolon crescens, or an ascending tricolon. Tricolon can sometimes be a hendiatris See more

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