Isocolon
The isocolon ( Greek ) is a word figure that is based on the same number of syllables of the corresponding parts of the sentence in a period .
Use in ancient times
It was used especially by the Greek and Roman orators of antiquity , especially by Apuleius, but even in the Baroque period . The similar tricolon is found in the following example of the Christian blessing : “In the name of the Father, in the name of the Son, and in the name of the Holy Spirit. Amen. " (" A deo petatur, in deo quaeratur, ad deum pulsetur. ")
Use in modern times
Compare: "From this the spirit of the deity shines and glows, from which the wine of wisdom foams and sprays." ( Hugo von Hofmannsthal : What is the world?)
A bizarre example of the Vormärz can be found in the so-called Heckerlied by Friedrich Hecker : “Tear the concubine out of the prince's bed. Grease the guillotine with the Pfaffen! "
literature
- Schindel, Ulrich: The reception of the Hellenistic theory of rhetorical figures among the Romans, Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht: Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82515-3
Web links
supporting documents
- ↑ E. Norden: Die antike Kunstprosa, NA Darmstadt 1981, 1st edition 1918, p. 603.
- ↑ FolkWorld Edition 32 12/2006: Fighting with Pfaff and Adel. Musical blasphemies from seven centuries