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paregmenon

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pa`reg´me`non`
n.1.(Rhet.) Juxtaposing words having a common derivation, as in the phrase "sense and sensibility".
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Noun1.paregmenon - juxtaposing words having a common derivation (as in `sense and sensibility')
rhetorical device - a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance)
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Several of these types of repetition, such as ploche (repetition with variations), antistrophe (repetition in reverse order), metagoge (repetition that rings the changes in a word) and paregmenon (repetition of words of one root), are present in "Frost at Midnight".
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