Macbeth

What poetic device is used in this scene and what effect?

Act 1, Scene 1

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There are so many poetic devices used in scene one. The whole play is written as poetry.  I think, however, you might be referring to equivocation.

When the hurly-burly’s done, When the battle’s lost and won.