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Examples Help!
What is the
definition of Repetition?
How do you define Repetition? What is a Repetition? The
definition of Repetition is as follows:
English Grammar &
Terminology
Definition of Repetition - a poetic device |
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Definition: Repetition is
an effective literary device that may suggest order,
or add special meaning to a piece of literature or
poetry. The repeating of words, phrases, lines, or
stanzas. |
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Definition of Repetition
- a poetic device |
Examples of Repetition in Poems
& Poetry
Poems with Repetition
examples can be found by the most famous poets including T.S.
Eliot and Coleridge
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I'm nobody!
Who are you?
Are you nobody too?
Then there's a pair of us-don't tell!
They'd banish us you know.
from "I'm nobody! Who are You?" by Emily Dickinson
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Because I do
not hope to turn again
Because I do not hope
Because I do not hope to turn...
from 'Ash-Wednesday' by T. S. Eliot
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I looked
upon the rotting sea,
And drew my eyes away;
I looked upon the rotting deck,
And there the dead men lay.
from "Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
by Coleridge
Examples of
Repetition Poems
Examples Help! Use
of Repetition in Poems & Poetry
Examples of Repetition 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.
Examples Help -
Figures of Speech - Repetition
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
Repetition 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 Repetition use word association
to convey emotion and mood often in a non-literal sense.
Examples Help! Using
Repetition
Figures of
speech such as Repetition 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
understanding of this subject. |
