Isocolon

Isocolon is a figure of speech in which parallelism is reinforced by members that are of the same length. A well-known example of this is Julius Caesar's "Veni, vidi, vici" ("I came; I saw; I conquered), which also illustrates that a common form of isocolon is tricolon, or the use of three parallel members.

It is derived from the Greek (ísos), "equal" and  (kôlon), "member, clause".

Examples

 * "They have suffered severely, but they have fought well." Winston Churchill Speech to the House of Commons June 18, 1940
 * "Let each man search his conscience and search his speeches." Winston Churchill Speech to the House of Commons June 18, 1940
 * "I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men, and German to my horse." Charles V
 * "Many will enter. Few will win" Nabisco
 * "No ifs, ands, or buts." English Proverb
 * "With mirth in funeral, and with dirge in marriage" Claudius, Act 1 Scene 2 of Hamlet