Parallelism

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

In The Master and Margarita

I've burned it in the oven, I've drowned it in the river, but the handkerchief is still there and nothing helps.

"I've burned it in the oven, I've drowned it in the river" repeats the same construction to list attempts to destroy the handkerchief. The chain ends in "but the handkerchief is still there and nothing helps," and the failure of every attempt reinforces the guilt that cannot be erased.

Part Two, Chapter 23: Satan's grand ball, Korovyov

I'm not doing anything, I'm not bothering anyone, I'm fixing the primus stove [...] and I still consider it my duty to warn you that the cat is an ancient and sacred animal

Part Two, Chapter 27: The End of Apartment Number 50, Behemoth

He did not earn the light, he earned the tranquility

Part Two, Chapter 29: The fate of the Master and Margarita is decided, Matthew Levi