Antithetical Parallelism
Using parallelism with two opposing ideas
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”
Semantic Parallelism
Similar or related meanings being expressed
“The sun rises in the east, and the moon follows at night.”
Anaphoric Parallelism
The repition of a word or phrase at the beginning of clauses.
“We will fight, we will conquor, we will triupmh.”
Phonological Parallelism
Similar sounds that create a phonological rythmn.
Can be types of alliteration *
“Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.”
Syntactic Parallelism
Repetition of sentence structure or grammar
Cross parallelism
A mirror-like or inverted structure
“Never let a fool kiss you or a kiss fool you.”