Ploce (figure of speech) explained

A ploce is a figure of speech in which a word is separated or repeated with a delay in order to emphasize a statement.^[1] Similar to epizeuxis which denotes an immediate repetition, ploce deliberately adds an intervening word between repetitions for a distinct rhetorical effect.^[2]

Examples

• "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
• "My lovely one I fain would love thee much, but all my Love is none at all I see." - Edward Taylor, "Preparatory Meditation 12"

See also

• Repetition (rhetorical device)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Word of the Day Archive . Dictionary.reference.com . 2013-07-12 . 2013-10-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131019173049/http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/archive/2013/07/12.html . 2013-10-19 . dead .
2. Book: The Oxford dictionary of literary terms . 2015 . Chris Baldick . 978-0-19-178323-4 . Fourth . Oxford . 915617546.