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hendiadys (rhetorical device: two for one)

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When hendiadys fails in its effects, it can sound merely redundant. en.wikipedia.org

An unusual rhetorical device, hendiadys, appears in several places in the play. en.wikipedia.org

The greater part of the speech contains finely crafted rhetoric and an increased frequency of such poetical devices as hendiadys, chiasmus, and the golden line. en.wikipedia.org

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