It was one of the first rhetorical devices I learned after simile and metaphor and the other ones you learn in sixth grade.

It's funny how that is--I learnt simile and metaphor and such in sixth grade as well.

I think I knew the concept of tmesis long before I knew the word for it.

And now I'm curious if it exists at all in other languages that I have. The Wikipedia article doesn't have equivalents in any language that I know, barring perhaps that I can kind of puzzle out written Catalan if it's not too complicated. And I almost think the Catalan is saying that it's something to do with extra words between verses of a poem, but that may be because my ability to puzzle out Catalan is outmatched.

Good night!