How do you define Zeugma? What is a Zeugma? The word derives from the the Greek word meaning "yoke". The definition of Zeugma is as follows:
English Grammar & Terminology Definition of Zeugma - a Figure of Speech
Definition: The use of a word to modify or govern two or more words in such a manner that it applies to each in a different sense or appropriate to only one.
Example: "Mr. Pickwick took his hat and his leave."
Definition of Zeugma - a poetic device
Examples of Zeugma
Poems with Zeugma examples can be found by the most famous poets including Alexander Pope
To wage war and peace
He lost his coat and his temper.
"You held your breath and the door for me"
"Here thou, great Anna! whom three realms obey, Dost sometimes counsel take - and sometimes tea" from Rape of the Lock by Alexander Pope
She opened the door and her heart to the orphan.
The addict kicked the habit and then the bucket.
Examples Help - Figures of Speech - Zeugma
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 Zeugma 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 Zeugma use word association to convey emotion and mood often in a non-literal sense.
Examples Help! Using Zeugma
Figures of speech such as Zeugma 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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