Parallelism

Sentences or verses in the same construction, one after another, so that the reader compares what changes from one to the next.

In Quincas Borba

To the vanquished, hatred or compassion; to the victor, the potatoes

Both halves repeat the same form, "to the vanquished" and "to the victor," and the reader compares what falls to each side: feelings for the one who loses, concrete food for the one who wins.

Chapters I to XII: Humanitas and the Philosopher's Death, Quincas Borba (philosopher)

It was more than separation, it was disarticulation.

Chapters CLX to CLXXI: Sofia Draws Back, Rubião Raves, the narrator