isocolon

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἰσόκωλον (isókōlon), composed of ἴσος (ísos, “equal”) and κῶλον (kôlon, “member, clause”).

Noun

Examples
“At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.” (bicolon) veni, vidi, vici (“I came, I saw, I conquered”) (tricolon)

isocolon (plural isocolons or isocola)

1. (rhetoric) A rhetorical scheme in which parallel elements possess the same number of words or syllables..

   Hyponyms: bicolon, tricolon, tetracolon

Further reading

• isocolon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia