A succession of main clauses of approximately equal length and corresponding structure.
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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 is Julius Caesar's "Veni, vidi, vici" ("I came; I saw; I conquere...
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A series of similarly structured elements having the same length. A kind of parallelism. Veni, vidi, vici (I came, I saw, I conquered) Note: This example also demonstrates asyndeton, tricolon, and (in the Latin), alliteration and homoioptoton.
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Roughly equivalent to “clause” in English, except that the emphasis is on seeing this part of a sentence as needing completion, either with a second colon (or membrum) or with two others (forming a tricolon). When cola (or membra) are of equal length, they form isocolon.
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Sources: Ad Herennium 4.20.27 ("conpar"); Sherry (1550) 57 ("isocolon," "compar") ; Peacham (1577) K1r ("compar"); Putt. (1589) 222 ("parison," "the figure...
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Nov 16, 2007 When two or more clauses of the same length are used to create parallelism, then it's called isocolon. For example: Many enter; few win.
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'Isocolon' is a figure of speech where parts of the sentence are the same length.
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isocolon. Definition - The use of similarly structured elements that have "Isocolon. Compar, euen or equall, is when the oracion hath in it the partes...
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isocolon; A succession of phrases of approximately equal length and corresponding structure. [Gk. "of equal members or clauses"] ; -"The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons." (Emerson) ;
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We looked at some clusters of related terms and concepts (e.g., isocolon, tricolon, tetracolon climax; antithesis, anadiplosis, chiasmus; asyndeton, polysyndeton--and others), drawing distinctions between and among them.
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