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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 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." English Proverb

See also

References

  • Corbett, Edward P.J. Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student. Oxford University Press, New York, 1971.

  • Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920). Greek Grammar. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-674-36250-0.

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