Anaphora

Examples Help! What is the definition of Anaphora?

How do you define Anaphora? What is a Anaphora? The word derives from the from the Greek word 'anaphero' meaning "I repeat".  Plural: anaphoras. The definition of Anaphora is as follows:

 

English Grammar & Terminology Definition of Anaphora - a poetic device
Definition: A repetition device where the same expression (word or words) is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines, clauses, or sentences.
Definition of Anaphora - a poetic device

Examples of Anaphora in Poems & Poetry
Poems with Anaphora examples can be found by the most famous poets including William Blake

  • The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
    Water, water, every where,
    And all the boards did shrink ;
    Water, water, every where,
    Nor any drop to drink.
  • 'Tears, Idle Tears' by Lord Alfred Tennyson with the repetition of "the days that are no more"
  • 'Tyger, Tyger' by William Blake
  • "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking" by Walt Whitman
  • "The Waste Land" by T. S. Eliot

Examples of Anaphora Poems

Examples Help! Use of Anaphora in Poems & Poetry
Examples of Anaphora 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 - Anaphora
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 Anaphora 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 Anaphora use word association to convey emotion and mood often in a non-literal sense.

Examples Help! Using Anaphora

Figures of speech such as Anaphora 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.

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Anaphora

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