"It is a war in which the whole British Empire and Commonwealth of Nations is engaged without distinction of race, creed or party." Repeating the same thing multiple times is a special case of an isocolon, as a way of saying that only one thing is important, and it is very important. In about 1500, when Louis XII asked Giangiacopo Trivulzio what was necessary to win the war against Ludovico Sforza, Trivulzio answered: "Three things, Sire, Money, money, money!" In the 20th century, the cliché "Location, location, location" was said to enumerate the three most important attributes of real property. This phrase appears in print in Chicago as early as 1926, but is nonetheless frequently credited, incorrectly, to the British real estate magnate Lord Harold Samuel. British Prime Minister Tony Blair set out his priorities for office in 1997 with "Education, education, education". Tetracolon Tetracola are sometimes called "quatrains" (cf. the usual meaning of quatrain). An example of a tetracolon may be cited from a poem by Gabriele D'Annunzio: Another example can be cited from Richard II, by Shakespeare Special cases A special type of collocation known as an irreversible binomial is a bicolon that is both short and so well known that it becomes a fixed expression. Not all irreversible binomials are bicolons or tricolons, however. Irreversible binomials generally consist of only a few words at most. Examples of irreversible binomials that are bicolons or tricolons:smoke and mirrorsalive and kickingcloak and daggercommand and controleach and everypart and parcellie, cheat, or stealname it and claim itrank and filesigned, sealed, and deliveredtic-tac-toefinders, keepers; losers, weeperscarpe diem, carpe noctem, carpe vitamin vino veritas, in aqua sanitasbrain and brawnmeat and potatoesrape and pillagedivide and conquertall, dark, and handsomepins and needlesbrains and beautyrock and rollspick and spanchalk and cheeseExamples of irreversible binomials that are not bicolons or tricolons:lost and foundbetween the devil and the deep blue seabetween a rock and a hard placedouble trouble (a verb and noun)high crimes and misdemeanorsover and done withSkull and crossbonessugar and spice and everything niceSee also Hendiatris Figure of speech Rule of three (writing) Triad (disambiguation) References Citations Sources Baldrick, Chris. 2008. Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms. Oxford University Press. New York. Corbett, Edward P. J. and Connors, Robert J. 1999. Style and Statement. Oxford University Press. New York, Oxford. Kennedy, X.J. et al. 2006. The Longman Dictionary of Literary Terms: Vocabulary for the Informed Reader. Pearson, Longman.