6624190982 | Anaphora | Deliberate repetition of a word or phrase | 0 | |
6624200800 | Anaphora | Pity the beautiful...Pity the pretty boys...Pity the faded..Pity the gods. | 1 | |
6624247448 | Juxtaposition | the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect. | 2 | |
6624266380 | Juxtaposition | Pity the faded, The bloated, the blowsy, the paunchy Adonis. | 3 | |
6624342307 | Rhetorical question | question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer. | 4 | |
6624352386 | Rhetorical question | Does time cease to move, till her calm grey eye expands to sky and the clouds of her hair like storms go by? | 5 | |
6624377729 | em dash | when the writer breaks off from an overwhelming situation. | 6 | |
6624393655 | em dash | bucked off, then all at once, you're mine--- | 7 | |
6624416370 | Cacophonus diction | having a harsh or discordant sound. | 8 | |
6624429727 | Cacophonus diction | And a cruel wind blows | 9 | |
6624506422 | conceit | an elaborate metaphor | 10 | |
6624526593 | conceit | I assassin down the avenue | 11 | |
6624545144 | Monosyllabic diction | Allow the point to get across quickly as possible | 12 | |
6624551360 | Monosyllabic diction | I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh, And eat well, And grow strong. | 13 | |
6624575565 | Alliteration | repetition of a sound | 14 | |
6624579851 | Alliteration | She strikes and strikes the shrilly circling boy till the sticks breaks. | 15 | |
6624669164 | hyperbole | exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. | 16 | |
6624671663 | hyperbole | As with the millions rising into billions | 17 | |
6624685686 | personification | human qualities giving to objects without emotions. | 18 | |
6624695769 | personification | The hand that mocked them | 19 |
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