ELEMENTS OF POETRYEXTRAS

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.”