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| Deviation from normal word choice: yet i'll not shed her blood. |
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| Leaving a sentence unfinished: I will have such revenues on you both, That all the world shall- I will do such things - |
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| A cliche, often used unconsciously: life is a highway |
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| One object standing for another to which it is closely related or associated: before my pen has gleaned my teeming brain... [pen standing for writing] |
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| Seeing human qualities in objects not human: care-charmer sleep , son of the sable night. |
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| A word or phrase that means the opposite of what is ostensibly said (sarcasm): Brutus is a n honorable man |
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| An extravagant expression, not intended to be taken literally (overstatement): she's all states, all princes, I; nothing else is |
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| Affirming something by denying the contrary (a kind of double negative):he was not without merit |
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| A seemingly contradictory statement, which yet is shown to be true: I saw eternity the other ngiht |
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| To speak of one sense in terms of another, a confusion of the senses: and taste the music of vision pale. |
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| Repetition at the beginning of a line: by day thy warning ringing bell to sound it notes, / by night thy silent signal lamps to swing |
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| Repetition at the end of line: I'll have my bond! / speak not against my bond! |
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| Repetitions of the same word at both beginning and end of line: roll on, thou deep and dark blue Ocean, roll |
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| Repetition of the last word of one phrase at the beginning of another: I crave reward. / reward me not unkindly |
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| Repetition of same root word with different grammatical functions or forms: love is not love / which alters when it alteration finds / or bends with the remover to remove |
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| Word phrase or clause inserted as an aside into a complete sentence: when will and reason (reason also is choice) useless and vain... |
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| Repetition of connectives between terms in a series: Rolled round in earth's diurnal course / with rocks and stones and trees. |
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| Omission of connectives between terms in a series: one heart's too small / for hunger, cold, love, everything |
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| Any omission of word or phrase that is understood: to err is human, to forgive divine |
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| Summoning of the presence of a dirty or transcendent power, especially in epic or lyric poetry, the muse(s): sing heavenly muse, that on the secret top / of Orebody or of SInai distribution inspire / that Shepherd |
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| As a direct order, a vigorous call to action: batter my heart. three-personned God |
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