Ploce (figure of speech)

Ploce (figure of speech)

A ploce is a figure of speech in which a word is separated or repeated by way of emphasis.

"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


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