Diacope (/daɪˈækəpi/ dy-AK-ə-pee) is a rhetorical term meaning repetition of a word or phrase that is broken up by a single intervening word, or a small number of intervening words.
[1][2] It derives from a Greek word diakopḗ,[3][4] which means "cut in two".
[5][6] Diacopae (or diacopes) are used in writing to emphasize or describe something.
Like other forms of repetition, diacope helps express strong emotions, or help give weight to the repeated word.
They are: The first line in the poem not to deploy diacope is the one about death being "a pause."