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]
ploce, figure, speech, ploce, figure, speech, which, word, separated, repeated, with, delay, order, emphasize, statement, similar, epizeuxis, which, denotes, immediate, repetition, ploce, deliberately, adds, intervening, word, between, repetitions, distinct, r. 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 edit 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 editRepetition rhetorical device References edit Word of the Day Archive Dictionary reference com 2013 07 12 Archived from the original on 2013 10 19 Retrieved 2013 10 18 Chris Baldick 2015 The Oxford dictionary of literary terms Fourth ed Oxford ISBN 978 0 19 178323 4 OCLC 915617546 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint location missing publisher link nbsp This rhetoric related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ploce figure of speech amp oldid 1128989790, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
