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Doesn't the same apply to all rhetorical devices, not just rhyming? And by extension, doesn't all advertising fall in the same category? This reads like someon
by hengheng 2y ago
Doesn't the same apply to all rhetorical devices, not just rhyming? And by extension, doesn't all advertising fall in the same category?
This reads like someone read Schopenhauer, and now they're trying to sound smart without spilling their secret.
- 082349872349872 2y agoI'm disappointed that tricolon has fallen out of popular use in favour of simple pairs, eg "strong and stable"; the former requires three pairwise agreements among its constituents, the latter but one. (the B'rer Rabbit stories also have a triple pattern: instead of just contrasting here to there, Uncle Remus is always talking about this over here, that over there, and those over yonder) I am a rhetorician You are a copywriter They display rhyming play (might GPT use bring back tricolon even among lazy speechwriters?)