Ploce (figure of speech)
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A ploce is a figure of speech in which a word is separated or repeated by way of emphasis; the repetition of a word functioning 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"
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