Diacope

Diacope English pronunciation: /daɪˈækəʊpiː/ is a rhetorical term meaning repetition of a word or phrase with one or two intervening words. It derives from a Greek word meaning "cut in two".[1]

Examples

The life that I have
Is all that I have
And the life that I have
Is yours.
The love that I have
Of the life that I have
Is yours and yours and yours.
A sleep I shall have
A rest I shall have
Yet death will be but a pause.
For the peace of my years
In the long green grass
Will be yours and yours and yours.

The first line in the poem not to deploy diacope is the one about death being "a pause."

See also

References

  1. "Diacope," by Richard Nordquist. Accessed 24 September 2012.
  2. This Day in Quotes, October 10. Accessed 24 September 2012.
  3. Marks, Leo (1998). Between Silk and Cyanide. New York: The Free Press (Simon and Schuster). p. 454. ISBN 0-684-86422-3.


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