parallelistic
Using balanced repetition
Parallelistic describes something characterized by parallelism—the use of similar structures, phrases, or ideas arranged in corresponding patterns.
The term appears most often in discussions of rhetoric, poetry, and biblical literature, where parallel constructions create rhythm and emphasis: The psalm's parallelistic structure pairs each line with a matching thought.
Biblical book of songs
- ProverbsBiblical book of aphorisms
- EcclesiastesHebrew wisdom book
- coupletsPaired rhyming verse lines
- LamentationsBiblical book of grief
Direct opposite; contrasting juxtaposition
- chiasmusInverted parallel construction
- anaphoraRepeated opening words
- epistropheRepeating concluding words
- repetitionAct of redoing
contrast · correspondence · mirroring · equivalence · amplification · restatement
Invariance under transformation
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
- correspondenceExchanged written communication
- pairingJoining two together
- mirroringReproducing an image identically
echoing · alignment · repetition · patterning · duplication · matching · coordination · equivalence
Psalms
Biblical book of songs
- ProverbsBiblical book of aphorisms
- EcclesiastesHebrew wisdom book
- coupletsPaired rhyming verse lines
antithesis
Direct opposite; contrasting juxtaposition
- chiasmusInverted parallel construction
- anaphoraRepeated opening words
- epistropheRepeating concluding words
repetition · contrast · correspondence · mirroring · equivalence · amplification · restatement
symmetry
Invariance under transformation
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
- correspondenceExchanged written communication
- pairingJoining two together
mirroring · echoing · alignment · repetition · patterning · duplication · matching · coordination · equivalence · reciprocal
couplet
Two successive verse lines
diction · rhyme · meter · imagery · lyric · ode · cadence · caesura · Whitman · Ginsberg
parallelisticasymmetrical
Not equal on both sides
contrasting · divergent · asymmetric · irregular · unbalanced
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