Isocolon

The Isokolon (Greek ), is a word character, which is based on the same number of syllables of the corresponding parts of a sentence in one period.

Use in ancient times

However, it was even used often particularly of the Greek and Roman orators of antiquity, especially of Apuleius still in the Baroque. The tricolon like him is in the following example of Christian blessing before: "In the name of the Father, in the name of the Son and in the name of the Holy Spirit. Amen. " (" A petatur deo, deo in quaeratur, ad Deum pulsetur. " )

Use in modern times

We also compare: " From the mind of the Godhead shines and glows, From the wine of wisdom foams and sprays. " ( Hugo von Hofmannsthal: What is the world? )

A bizarre example of the pre-March period is found in the so-called Hecker song of Friedrich Hecker: " Uproot the concubine of the Prince's bed. Lubricates the guillotine with the priest fat! "