interlacement

Figure Name interlacement
Source Ad Herennium 278
Earliest Source
Synonyms
Etymology
Type Scheme
Linguistic Domain Lexicographic
Syntactic
Definition

1. The combined use of Antistrophe and Epanaphora; we repeat both the first
word and the last in a succession of phrases (Ad Herennium)

Example

1. "Who are they who have often broken treaties? The Carthaginians. Who are they who have waged war with severest cruelty ? The Carthaginians. Who are they who have marred the face of Italy ? The Carthaginians. Who are they who now ask for pardon? The Carthaginians. See then how appropriate it is for them to gain their request." (Ad Herennium)
1. " One whom the Senate has condemned, one whom the Roman people has condemned, one whom universal public opinion has condemned, would you by your votes acquit such a one?" (Ad Herennium)

Kind Of Repetition
Series
Part Of
Related Figures antistrophe, epanaphora
Notes
Confidence Confident
Last Editor Ashwini Namasivayam
Confidence Confident
Editorial Notes
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