In rhetoric, parisosis occurs when clauses have very similar lengths, as measured by syllables. It is sometimes taken as equivalent to isocolon.
An example of parisosis is: I came, I saw, I conquered.
References
edit- Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920). Greek Grammar. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press. p. 681. ISBN 0-674-36250-0.
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