ELEMENTS OF POETRY EXTRAS

HYPERBOLE AN OBVIOUS AND DELIBERATE EXAGGERATION OF THE TRUTH (TO EMPHASIZE SOMETHING OR FOR A HUMOROUS PURPOSE) EXAMPLE: I LOVE YOU MORE THAT LIFE ITSELF! HE IS SO HUNGRY HE COULD EAT A HORSE.

PARADOX MEANING A STATEMENT THAT SEEMS TO CONTRADICT OR OPPOSE ITSELF, YET ACTUALLY REVEALS SOME TRUTH EXAMPLES IT’S HARD WORK DOING NOTHING YOUTH IS WASTED ON THE YOUNG THE MORE WE KNOW, THE LESS WE UNDERSTAND HER SILENCE WAS DEAFENING

ANAPHORA MEANING IN WRITING OR SPEECH, THE DELIBERATE REPETITION OF THE FIRST PART OF THE SENTENCE IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE AN ARTISTIC EFFECT EXAMPLE I HAVE A DREAM THAT ONE DAY>…….. I HAVE A DREAM THAT ONE DAY……….

EPISTROPHE MEANING AN EPISTROPHE INDICATES THE SAME WORD RETURNS AT THE END OF EACH SENTENCE/STANZA. EXAMPLE ’TIS SOME VISITOR,” I MUTTERED, “TAPPING AT MY CHAMBER DOOR— ONLY THIS AND NOTHING MORE.” SOME LATE VISITOR ENTREATING ENTRANCE AT MY CHAMBER DOOR;— THIS IT IS AND NOTHING MORE.”