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    Feb072006

    Don’t You Think the Movie Is Long Enough?

    DateTuesday, February 7, 2006 at 08:27AM
    horsebackmt.jpgQuote:  "It could be like this, just like this, always."  Jack Twist, Jake Gyllenhaal's character in "Brokeback Mountain."

    Figure of Speech: diacope (die a CO pee), the interrupted repetition.

    The diacope (Greek for "split") repeats a word or phrase with an interrupting word or phrase in between ("Kumbaya, Oh Lord, kumbaya").  The interruption, "like this, just like this" adds emphasis and if done right, just right, rhythm.

    Snappy Answer:  "A few more years without sun block, and the only one who'll look at you is your horse -- maybe your horse."

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