3/31/2023 0 Comments Romans lend me your earsThe use of a part for the whole, or the whole for the part 5 I'll not endure it." ( Othello, III, iii)Īn explicit comparison between two things using "like" or "as"įor that which longer nurseth the disease" (Sonnet CXLVII) The repetition of conjunctions in a series of coordinate words, phrases, or clauses 4 Warwick and Talbot, Salisbury and Gloucesterīe in their flowing cups freshly remembered." ( Henry V, IV, iii) Insertion of some word or clause in a position that interrupts the normal syntactic flow of the sentence (asides are rather emphatic examples of this)įamiliar in his mouth as household words To entertain these fair well-spoken days,Īnd hate the idle pleasures of these days." ( Richard III, I, i) "And therefore, since I cannot prove a lover Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses 3 It is not meet you know how Caesar lov'd you." ( Julius Caesar, III, ii) "Have patience, gentle friends, I must not read it. "There be more wasps that buzz about his nose." ( Henry VIII, III, ii)Įmphasizing a point by seeming to pass over it "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears." ( Julius Caesar, III, ii) Substitution of some attributive or suggestive word for what is meant (e.g., "crown" for royalty) Made glorious summer by this son of York." ( Richard III, I, i) Implied comparison between two unlike things achieved through the figurative use of words "Are they not malefactors?" ( Measure for Measure, II, i) "I do lean upon justice, sir, and do bring in here before your good honor two notorious benefactors." "Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall." ( Measure for Measure, II, i)Ī confused use of words in which an appropriate word is replaced by one with similar sound but (often ludicrously) inappropriate meaning I have sworn an oath that I will have my bond." ( Merchant of Venice, III, iii)Īltering word order, or separation of words that belong together, for emphasis Repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses 2 Who is here so rude that would not be a Roman? If any speak for him have I offended." ( Julius Caesar, III,ii) "Who is here so base that would be a bondman? If any, speak for him I have offended. "Blood hath bought blood, and blows have answer'd blows." ( King John, II, i)įrequent repetition of a phrase or question dwelling on a point Repetition at the end of a clause of the word that occurred at the beginning of the clause ![]() "And he to England shall along with you." ( Hamlet, III, iii) Omission of one or more words, which are assumed by the listener or reader "Put out the light, and then put out the light." ( Othello, V, ii) Repetition broken up by one or more intervening words "Fair is foul, and foul is fair" ( Macbeth, I, i) Two corresponding pairs arranged in a parallel inverse order Shrunk to this little measure?" ( Julius Caesar, III, i) "Are all thy conquests, glories, triumphs, spoils, ![]() Omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words "Is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks." ( Romeo and Juliet, V, iii) Repetition or similarity of the same internal vowel sound in words of close proximity "Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more." ( Julius Caesar, III, ii) Juxtaposition, or contrast of ideas or words in a balanced or parallel construction "I'll unhair thy head." ( Antony and Cleoptra, II, v) Substitution of one part of speech for another "Mad world! Mad kings! Mad composition!" ( King John, II, i) Repetition of a word or phrase as the beginning of successive clauses "My conscience hath a thousand several tongues,Īnd every tongue brings in a several tale,Īnd every tale condemns me for a villain." 1 ( Richard III, V, iii) The repetition of a word that ends one clause at the beginning of the next ![]() "When to the sessions of sweet silent thought." (Sonnet XXX) Repetition of the same initial consonant sound throughout a line of verse Below is a table of some of the more common devices employed for emphasis in Shakespeare: Rhetoric in its original sense means "the art or study of using language effectively and persuasively." While I won't be getting into some of the more obscure terms (is there anyone who isn't frightened by a mouthful of syllables like "paraprosdokian"?), a healthy understanding of poetry's debt to rhetoric is in order. Intertwined with syntax, rhetoric exerts another powerful influence on Elizabethan writing. Previous | Next | Return to Intro Rhetorical Devices
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