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Examples Help!
What is the
definition of Ecphonesis?
How do you define Ecphonesis? What is an Ecphonesis? The
definition of Ecphonesis is as follows:
English Grammar &
Terminology
Definition of Ecphonesis - a poetic device |
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Definition: An animated or
passionate exclamation. |
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Definition of Ecphonesis
- a poetic device |
Examples of Ecphonesis in Poems
& Poetry
Poems with Ecphonesis
examples can be found by the most famous poets including Cowper
and Shakespeare
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"Trumpet
that sayeth ha!
Domino gloria!
Don John of Austria
Is shouting to the ships."
Lepanto a poem by G.K.Chesterton
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"Alas for
the Poet, who dares undertake
To urge reformation of national ill!" The Flatting Mill
by William Cowper
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"If thou
dost seek to have what thou dost hide,By self-example
mayst thou be denied!" Love is my sin. Sonnet 142 by
William Shakespeare
Examples Help! Use
of Ecphonesis in Poems & Poetry
Examples of Ecphonesis 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 - Ecphonesis
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
Ecphonesis 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 Ecphonesis use word association
to convey emotion and mood often in a non-literal sense.
Examples Help! Using
Ecphonesis
Figures of
speech such as Ecphonesis 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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