Ploce (figure of speech)

A ploce is a figure of speech in which a word is separated or repeated by way of emphasis;[1] the repetition of a word functions as a different part of speech or in different contexts.

Examples
  • "In that great victory, Caesar was Caesar!"
  • "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"
gollark: AAAAAAAAAA MORE "OR SOMETHING"
gollark: I'm not sure about "fundamentally", but common cultural values consider it more intimate than just, I don't know, retailing or waiter-ing.
gollark: Okay, that's better. Really need to avoid that.
gollark: Ugh, I say or something too much, hold on.
gollark: When people talk about stuff being detrimental to society it's also typically about more than expected long-run happiness delta but also brings in "degradation of moral fabric" cultural-shift-type issues.

See also

References
  1. "Word of the Day Archive". Dictionary.reference.com. 2013-07-12. Archived from the original on 2013-10-19. Retrieved 2013-10-18.


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