Syncrisis; or, Repeated Simile
Syncrisis; or, Repeated Simile
Repetition of a number of Resemblances
Syn-cri-sis. Greek, , from (sun), together with, and (crisis), a judging or deciding.
Hence, Syncrisis is the judging or comparing of one thing with another; and is used of the figure which consists of a repeated Simile, or of more than one, or of a number of separate comparisons used together.
Another name for this figure is PARATHESIS (Pa-rath-e-sis), Greek, , a putting beside; from (para), beside, and (tithenai), to place.
It was called by the Latins COMPARATIO: i.e., a bringing together and comparing.
Isa 1:18.-
Though your sins be as scarlet,
They shall be as white as snow;
Though they be red like crimson,
They shall be as wool.
Isa 32:2.-And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
Isa 66:12.-For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream.