Examples Function Resources Apostrophe Definition What is apostrophe? Here’s a quick and simple definition: Apostrophe is afigure of speechin which a speaker directly addresses someone (or something) that is not present or cannot respond in reality. The entity being addressed can be an absent, ...
Examples of Personification Personification shows up - see what I did there? - in lots of different ways in literature. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's long poem 'Paul Revere's Ride' (from 1860) also contains personification used as a poetic device. Revere was one of the express riders responsi...
The device is also used in the carol "Oh Christmas Tree" as people sing not only aboutthe cherished holiday topiary buttoit. Importance of Apostrophe in Poetry, Prose, and Song As a form ofdirect addressto an inanimate object, apostrophe serves to further poetic imagery and often emphasize...
In the second part I discuss some instances of apostrophe in Hellenistic poetry and analyse how the device functions here and in what way it can be seen to react to the older examples. 展开 关键词: Languages and Literatures DOI: 10.1515/9783110331721.151 被引量: 1 ...