A discussion of literary and rhetorical terms Term Tuesday A discussion of literary and rhetorical terms

APOSTROPHE

Definitions A form of personification in which the absent or dead are spoken to as if present and the inanimate as if animate The direct address of someone or something that is not present

Uses Associated with deep emotions Can be used for the purpose of parody and satire Often used in odes or invocations

Ode on a Grecian Urn The speaker addresses an URN!

Ode on a Grecian Urn Thou still unravished bride of quietness Thou foster-child of silence and slow time, Sylvan historian, who canst thus express A flowery tale more sweetly than our rhyme:

London Milton! Thou should’st be living at this hour; England hath need of thee… By William Wordsworth

Ode to an Artichoke?

Ode to an Artichoke Oh, you circular pile of thick monstrous leaves Filled with fibers of flavor too rich to deceive And amputating your naked thistles I start The lengthy journey of finding your heart

Ode to an Artichoke My machete hand through thick jungle green Goes plunging and tearing to where I have been My muscles are weakening, my head’s in a daze Too late, I wake to humanity’s craze

Ode to an Artichoke To conquer and reign, to be better than best To pass over answers in search of the test I’m tired of fighting for things out of reach Tomorrow, for lunch, I’m eatin’ a peach. By Rebecca St. George

Apostrophize WHS for KiYi Writing your own Apostrophize WHS for KiYi

Writing your own Old venerable halls Second home Bastion of intellectual development Democracy’s propagator Attendance Center Prison walls