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What is the
definition of Circumlocution?
How do you define Circumlocution? What is a Circumlocution? The word
derives from Latin word "circumlocutio" meaning "phrasing
around", as in "avoiding the straightforward way of saying it". The
definition of Circumlocution is as follows:
English Grammar &
Terminology
Definition of Circumlocution - a poetic device |
Definition: The use of an
unnecessarily large number of words to express an
idea. Indirect or roundabout language; a
periphrase.
Example:
“An electronical cupboard with a series of drawers
to put your food in to make it cold” (refrigerator)
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Definition of Circumlocution
- a poetic device |
Examples of Circumlocution in Poems
& Poetry
Poems with Circumlocution
examples can be found by the most famous poets including Pope
and Shakespeare
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"Or lose
your heart, or your chaste treasure open To his
unmast'red importunity." William Shakespeare, Hamlet
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"Bright
Tithonia had brought out her laboring chariot from the
sky and Night and Sleep with empty horn were fleeing the
wakeful reins of the pale goddess." Statius describing
'it was dawn'
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"Close by
those meads, forever crowned with flowers,
Where Thames with pride surveys his rising towers,
There stands a structure of majestic frame,
Which for the neighb’ring Hampton takes its name."
from “The Rape of the Lock” Pope
Examples Help! Use
of Circumlocution in Poems & Poetry
Examples of Circumlocution 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 - Circumlocution
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
Circumlocution 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 Circumlocution use word association
to convey emotion and mood often in a non-literal sense.
Examples Help! Using
Circumlocution
Figures of
speech such as Circumlocution 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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