Friday 18 September 2015

rhetorical devices - What figure of speech is this?


"Cannon to the right of them,



Cannon to the left of them,



Cannon in front of them."




Years ago, when I was introduced to "The Charge of the Light Brigade" (Tennyson, 1854) our teacher pointed out the repeated use of the word "cannon", like a refrain, was a figure of speech. He went on to give other examples, of which my mind retained only this:




Victory at all costs,



victory in spite of all terror,



victory however long and hard the road may be. (Winston Churchill, June 1940)


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