Tricolon

A tricolon , (neuter: the T.) ( Greek  τρι - tri- "three" and κῶλον kolon "limb", plural: the tricolor) or a figure of three is a set of sentences composed of three kola or in other words a three-part sentence, for example “I came, I saw, I won”, in Latin “ Veni, vidi, vici ”.

The three parts of the same length or of the same structure can be parallel or chiastically to each other and form a semantic unit.

Corresponding two or four-part units are called dicolons and tetracolons. A multi-part structure of this type is generally expressed as an isocolon , but this term is rarely used outside of Classical Greek.

In metric , a tricolon is a stanza made up of three metrically unequal verses .

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