A ploce is a figure of speech in which a word is separated or repeated with a delay in order to emphasize a statement. Similar to

epizeuxis In rhetoric, epizeuxis is the repetition of a word or phrase in immediate succession, typically within the same sentence, for vehemence or emphasis. A closely related rhetorical device is diacope, which involves word repetition that is broken ...

which denotes an immediate repetition, ploce deliberately adds an intervening word between repetitions for a distinct rhetorical effect.

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* "I am that I am." - Exodus 3:14 * "Make war upon themselves - brother to brother / Blood to blood, self against self." - '' Richard III'', by

Shakespeare William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's natio ...

* "My lovely one I fain would love thee much, but all my Love is none at all I see." -

Edward Taylor Edward Taylor (1642 – June 29, 1729) was a colonial American poet, pastor and physician of English origin. His work remained unpublished for some 200 years but since then has established him as one of the foremost writers of his time. His poe ...

, "Preparatory Meditation 12"

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