Sunday, February 26, 2012

From Toni Morrison's A Mercy Pt. II

"I stayed on my knees. In the dust where my heart will remain each night and every day until you understand what I know and long to tell you: to be given dominion over another is a hard thing; to wrest dominion over another is a wrong thing; to give dominion of yourself to another is a wicked thing."
This sentence could be an example of isocolon:
To be given dominion over another is a hard thing.
To wrest dominion over another is a wrong thing.
To give dominion of yourself to another is a wicked thing.
The phrases aren't exactly the same length, but I think it's still a really good example.

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