Sonnet 31 Figurative Language Essay
1. Apostrophe- the superscript sign used to indicate omission of a letter or letters from a word, possessive, case, or the plurals of numbers, letters, and abbreviations.
“Those lovers scorn whom that love doth possess? Do they call virtue there, ungratefulness?”
Sir Philip Sidney, “Sonnet 31”
2. Conceit- an elaborate, fanciful metaphor.
“Our two souls therefore, which are one, though I must go, endure not yet a breach, but an expansion, like gold to aery thinness beat.”
John Donne, “A Valediction Forbidding Mourning”
3. Hyperbole- an extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally.
“I brought a heart into the room, but from the room I carried none with me.” …show more content…
Image- a figure of speech.
“For he on honey-dew hath fed and drunk the milk of Paradise.”
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, “ Kubla Khan”
5. Metaphor- a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance.
“Till I heard Chapman speak out loud and bold: Then felt I like some watcher of the skies.”
John Keats, “ On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer”
6. Oxymoron- a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect.
“Ride ten thousand days and nights Till Age snow white hairs on thee”
John Donne, “Song”
7. Paradox- a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
“But am betroth'd unto your enemy; Divorce me, untie, or break that knot again”
John Donne, “Holy Sonnet 14”
8. Personification- giving human qualities, especially to inanimate
“Those lovers scorn whom that love doth possess? Do they call virtue there, ungratefulness?”
Sir Philip Sidney, “Sonnet 31”
2. Conceit- an elaborate, fanciful metaphor.
“Our two souls therefore, which are one, though I must go, endure not yet a breach, but an expansion, like gold to aery thinness beat.”
John Donne, “A Valediction Forbidding Mourning”
3. Hyperbole- an extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally.
“I brought a heart into the room, but from the room I carried none with me.” …show more content…
Image- a figure of speech.
“For he on honey-dew hath fed and drunk the milk of Paradise.”
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, “ Kubla Khan”
5. Metaphor- a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance.
“Till I heard Chapman speak out loud and bold: Then felt I like some watcher of the skies.”
John Keats, “ On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer”
6. Oxymoron- a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect.
“Ride ten thousand days and nights Till Age snow white hairs on thee”
John Donne, “Song”
7. Paradox- a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
“But am betroth'd unto your enemy; Divorce me, untie, or break that knot again”
John Donne, “Holy Sonnet 14”
8. Personification- giving human qualities, especially to inanimate