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What is the
definition of Apostrophe?
How do you define Apostrophe? What is an Apostrophe? The word
derives from the Latin word 'apostrophus' meaning ' turning
away'. Plural: apostrophes. An apostrophe is also a punctuation
mark which is used to indicate the omission of one or more
letters from a printed word. The
definition of the Apostrophe as a rhetorical device is as follows:
English Grammar &
Terminology
Definition of Apostrophe - a rhetorical device |
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Definition: A rhetorical
device which is used to directly address an
absent or imaginary person or object as if alive and
present and could reply.
Addressing an abstract idea
or nonhuman object, often begins with the
exclamation "O" or "Oh"
Example: "Twinkle,
twinkle
little star, how I wonder what you are?"
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Definition of Apostrophe
- a poetic device |
Examples of Apostrophe in Poems
& Poetry
Poems with Apostrophe
examples can be found by the most famous poets including
Wordsworth, Byron and Walt Whitman
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"Milton!
thou shouldst be living at this hour" from the sonnet
'Milton' by William Wordsworth
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"O, pardon
me, thou bleeding piece of earth, / That I am meek and
gentle with these butchers! / Thou art the ruins of the
noblest man / That ever lived in the tide of times."
from Julius Caesar, Act 3, Scene 1. by William
Shakespeare
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"To what
green altar, O mysterious priest, / Lead'st thou that
heifer lowing at the skies, / And all her silken flanks
with garlands drest?" from "Ode on a Grecian Urn" by
John Keats
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"Roll on
thou dark and deep blue ocean." from "Childe Harold's
Pilgrimage" by Lord Byron
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O Captain!
My Captain!, title of the famous poem by Walt Whitman
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Busy old
fool, unruly sun,
Why dost thou thus,
Through
windows, and through curtains call on us? from "The Sun
Rising" by John Donne
Examples of
Apostrophe Poems
Examples Help! Use
of Apostrophe in Poems & Poetry
Examples of Apostrophe can
be found in many examples of the poem, poems or poetry. Famous
poets use this figure of speech to convey and emphasize unusual
and vivid images. The use of strong word association changes the
mode of thought and adds variation, embellishment and adornment
to literary works.
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Figures of Speech - Apostrophe
In Figurative Language we use words in such a way that they
differ somewhat from ordinary every-day speech and convey
meanings in a more vivid and impressive manner. Figures, like
Apostrophe make speech more effective, they beautify and emphasize it
in Rhetoric which is the art of speaking and writing
effectively. Figures of speech such as Apostrophe use word association
to convey emotion and mood often in a non-literal sense.
Examples Help! Using
Apostrophe
Figures of
speech such as Apostrophe adds adornment, beautifies, colors, elegant
variation, embellishment, embroidery, emphasis, exaggeration,
exclamation, flourish, floweriness, irony, lushness and
luxuriance to the English language. This page providing facts
and info about Figures of Speech will help with the
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