- Isocolon
Isocolon is a
figure of speech in which parallelism is reinforced by members that are of the same length. A well-known example of this isJulius Caesar 's "Veni, vidi, vici" ("I came; I saw; I conquered), which also illustrates that a common form of isocolon is "tricolon", or the use of three parallel members.It is derived from the Greek, "iso" ("same") and "kolon" ("member", "clause").
Examples
*"They have suffered severely, but they have fought well."
Winston Churchill "Speech to the House of Commons" June 18, 1940
*"Let each man search his conscience and search his speeches."Winston Churchill "Speech to the House of Commons" June 18, 1940
*"I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men, and German to my horse." Charles V
*"Many will enter. Few will win"Nabisco
*"No ifs, ands, or buts." EnglishProverb ee also
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Figure of speech References
* Corbett, Edward P.J. "Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student". Oxford University Press, New York, 1971.
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