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| Repetition of the same sound, usually initial, in two or more words. The term normally applies to consonants and accented initial vowels |
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| Repetition of a word, usually at the beginning of successive clauses or phrases, for emphasis or for pathetic effect |
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Arrangement of words, usually adjectives and nouns, in the pattern A B B A
Example- innumeris tumidum pythona sagittis |
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The running over of a sentence from one verse or couplet into a nother so that closely related words fall in different lines
i.e. daret ut catenis/ fatale monstrum
fatale monstrum (object of daret) fall into the next stanza |
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| An implied comparison, that is, the use of a word or words suggesting a likeness between what is actually being described and something else |
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| Use of one noun in place of another closely related noun to avoid common or prosaic words |
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Use of unnecessary conjuctions
i.e. Eurousque notusque ruuntcreberque .../ Africus |
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Use of unnecessary conjuctions
i.e. Eurousque notusque ruuntcreberque .../ Africus |
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| An expression comparison, introduced by a word such as similis, qualis, or velut (i) |
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Interlocking arrangement of pairs of words so that one word of each pair is between the words of the other A B A B
i.e. saevae memorem Iunonis ob iram |
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