Examples of Anaphora in Poetry Gwendolyn Brooks uses anaphora by repeating the single word “we” in We Real Cool, emphasizing the speakers’ steady movement toward a tragic end. As Amanda Gorman’s inaugural poem The Hill We Climb nears its end, the poet repeats “we will” to inspire unit...
Anaphoraiscommonlyusedinpoetry:••••••••Hundredsofstarsinthesilentsky,Hundredsofshellsontheshoretogether,Hundredsofbirdsthatgosingingby,Hundredsofbeesonthesunnyweather;Hundredsofdewdrops(露珠)togreetthedawn,Hundredsoflambsinthepurpleclover,Hundredsofbutterfliesonthelawn(草坪)…Butonlyonemother...
I have further identified the anaphoric marks of enunciation as forms of discursive subjectivity in the postmodern Romanian poetry.Beatrice Diana BURCEA
Anaphora (sometimes called epanaphora) is used most effectively for emphasis in argumentative prose and sermons and in poetry, as in these lines from Shakespeare’sHamlet:“to die, to sleep / To sleep—perchance to dream.” It is also used to great effect in such poetry as these lines from...
Anaphora is one of the oldest literary devices, and dates back to religious texts such as the Psalms of the Bible. Anaphora is most commonly found in poetry, though it can be found in prose as well. Since anaphora uses redundancy to dramatic effect, editors of academic writing and journalism...
1.The poetry seems to perform hypnosis, the found rhymes and assonance and anaphora enacting an enchantment, a bewitchery; it seems to be giving subconscious advice. 2.Anaphora is traditionally regarded as a syntactically controlled co-referential relationship on the surface level of language. ...
1.(Grammar)grammarthe use of a word such as a pronoun that has the same reference as a word previously used in the same discourse. In the sentenceJohn wrote the essay in the library but Peter did it at home,bothdidanditare examples of anaphora. Comparecataphora,exophoric ...
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Diacope: a literary term that refers to the repetition of a word or phrase. Antimetabole: the repetition of words, in reverse order, in successive clauses. Other Resources Read:Rhythm Watch:Poetry Techniques Listen:Poetry Devices Defined