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the repetition of the same letter or sound, usually at the beginning of a series of words. Often associated with onomatopeoia. EG Interea magno misceri murmure pontum.

the repetition of a word or words at the beginning of successive clauses. Often associated with asyndeton. EG. Miratur molem Aeneas...miratur portas.

the inversion of the normal order of words. EG te propter

(a silent falling) a breaking off in the middle of a sentence, the syntax of which is never resumed. EG Quos ego- sed motos praestat componere fluctus. Neptune suddenly decides to suppress his wrath.

a sudden break from the previous narrative for an address, in second person, of some person or object. EG O terque quaterque beati,/ quis ante ora patrum Toiae sub moenibus altis / contigit oppetere! addressed to the Trojans who fell at Troy

the omission of conjunctions EG nunc hos nunc accipit illos

an extended and elaborate description of a work of art, a building, or a natural setting. EG Aen. 1.159-69, describing the nymphs' cave at Carthage

the omission of one or more words which must be logically supplied in order to create a grammatically complete expression. EG sperate deos memores, where the verb futuros esse must be supplied to complete the sense of this line

the transference of an epithet from the word to which it strictly belongs to another word connected with it in thought. EG somni nocitsque soporae, where the epithet soporae in fact describes not night itself but the drowsiness associated with sleep and night.

the continuation of a unit of thought beyond the end of one verse and into the first few feet of the next. EG melle soporatam et medicatis frugibus offam / obicit, where obicit completes the meaning of the preceding line; a strong pause follows thereafter.

the repetition of a word (often a proper name, and often in successive lines of verse) for dramatic and/or emotional effect. It sometimes appears in combination anaphora and asyndeton. EG divum inclementia, divum / has evertit opes

the avoidance of a direct, sometimes blunt manner of speaking in favor of a more subtle and sometimes diluted form of expression. EG the circumlocution extrema secutam instead of the explicit mortuam.

the expression of an idea by means of two nouns connected by a conjunction instead of by a noun and a modifying adjective, or by one noun modified by another. EG vincilis et carcere = vincilis carceris

the avoidance in meter of elision between one word ending in a vowel and another beginning with a vowel. EG femineo ululatu. Here as often the metrical device enhances Onomatopoiea

the distanced placement of two (or more) words which are logically meant to be understood together. EG cum mihi se, non ante oculis tam clara, videndam / obtulit et pura per noctem in luce refulsit / alma parens, where the subject+verb+object combination se obtulit et refulsit alma parens is dislocated and added emphasis is thus given to each word