Ploce (figure of speech)

A ploce is a figure of speech in which a word is separated or repeated with a delay in order to emphasize a statement.[1] Similar to epizeuxis which denotes an immediate repetition, ploce deliberately adds an intervening word between repetitions for a distinct rhetorical effect.[2]

Examples

  • "I am that I am." - Exodus 3:14
  • "Make war upon themselves - brother to brother / Blood to blood, self against self." - Richard III, by Shakespeare
  • "My lovely one I fain would love thee much, but all my Love is none at all I see." - Edward Taylor, "Preparatory Meditation 12"

See also

References

  1. ^ "Word of the Day Archive". Dictionary.reference.com. 2013-07-12. Archived from the original on 2013-10-19. Retrieved 2013-10-18.
  2. ^ Chris Baldick (2015). The Oxford dictionary of literary terms (Fourth ed.). Oxford. ISBN 978-0-19-178323-4. OCLC 915617546.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)


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