Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Literary Terminology

Literary Term #1: Alliteration

Romans, friends, followers, favourers of my right

s
pleenful sons

In this detested, dark, blood-drinking pit.

The "f" is being repeated.
The "s" is being repeated.
The "d" is being repeated.

Literary Term #2: Oxymoron
charitable murderer

Literary Term #3: Onomatopoeia
Poor harmless fly,
That, with his pretty buzzing melody,
Came here to make us merry! and thou hast kill’d him.

Literary Term #4: Metaphor
Thou map of woe

Comparison of Lavinia to a map


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