![]() ![]() “O sovereign, virtuous, precious of all trees – 795”Ģ7. Tricolon – A form of isocolon where three clauses of equal length make up a sentence. Epistrophe - Repetition of the same word or group of words at the ends of successive clauses “Knowledge of good and evil… Of evil? What is evil?- 697-698”Ģ6. Hendiadys – splitting a noun+adjective conjunction into two nouns connected by ‘and’ “ ambition and revenge - 168” rather than just ‘vengeful ambition’Ģ5. “After long debate, irresolute/Of thoughts revolved, his final sentence chose/fit vessel – 87-89”Ģ4. Periodic Sentences – A periodic sentence emphasizes its main idea by putting the subject of the sentence at the end. “God therefore cannot hurt thee and be just./Not just, not God not feared then - 701”Ģ3. Anadiplosis - Repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause. “ Who sees thee? (And what is one?) - 546”Ģ2. Erotesis (Rhetorical Questions) - Asking a question, not for the purpose of eliciting an answer but for the purpose of asserting or denying something obliquely. “ All things living gaze on, all things shine, by gift - 540”Ģ1. Asyndeton - Deliberate omission of conjunctions between a series of related clauses, this also increases the pace of a sentence, and forms a list. “How should ye? By the fruit? It gives you life to knowledge. Polysyndeton - Deliberate use of many conjunctions, sequentially to create an increase in the pace of the sentence. Peritaxis – Splitting a sentence into many simple sentences or fragments in order to juxtapose the ideas. ![]() Hypotaxis – Subordinating many sentences and clauses into one long sentence. Aposiopesis – Suddenly breaking off your speech, for dramatic effect. Hyperbaton – changing the word order around for dramatic effect (this is very difficult to do in English, (only working in a phrase like ‘pastures new’) as our sentences rely on word order, but easy to do in Latin – thus when Milton does us it, it recalls the Classical Era) “Him who disobeys, me disobeys”ġ6. ![]() Synaesthesia – Combining two (or more) senses in order to create a dramatic effect: “ Veiled in a cloud of fragrance –425”ġ5. “He in with the river sunk, and with it rose - 74”ġ4. Merism - In rhetoric a merism is the combination of two contrasting words, to refer to an entirety. Antithesis – Using polar opposite ideas in order to create contrast, or highlight upon it “O miserable of happy! – 720”ġ3. Polyptoton – The repetition of different forms of the same word “His fierceness of the fierce intent it brought - 462”ġ2. “ hot hell that always in him burns – 467”ġ1. Alliteration - The repeated sound of the first consonant in a series of multiple words, or the repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables of a phrase. Object – The entity within a sentence which is being acted upon (e.g. Subject – An entity within a sentence which is actively doing something (e.g. Suffix – A word, or part of a word which is added to the end of a sentence in order to change its meaning (e.g. Prefix – A word, or part of word which is added to another word in order to change its meaning (e.g. Preposition – A word which precedes a noun, referring it to another element of the clause (e.g. Adverb – A word which describes and modifies a verb, as well as the object of the clause (e.g. Adjective - A word which describes a noun, giving it characteristics (e.g. Verb - a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence (e.g. Noun – A word which is used to describe an object, real or abstract (e.g. Now, it’s a very interesting chapter, drawing on Hellenic heroes and Roman rhetoric to provide a persuasive and seductive Satan.Īs such, I’ve compiled what I hope is a fairly exhaustive list of rhetorical techniques within 'Paradise Lost’ and given examples of their use from Book IX.ġ. Recently, I’ve been studying ‘Paradise Lost’, focussing particularly on Book IX, which concerns the fall of Adam and Eve, with their trueness and virtue perverted by the beguiling Satan. By recognizing the enormity of Chaos we gain a sense of its overwhelming presence, and a heightened awareness of its everthreatening encroachment on our fallen world.2 notes MaRhetoric and Poetry in ‘Paradise Lost’ "The heav'ns and earth / Rose out of Chaos", says Milton (I, 9-10), and I intend to establish its cosmological reference points before investigating Chaos, as it is presented in the poem, with its frightening extrapolations for man's fallen state. I plan to trace the implications of Chaos in Paradise Lost as a place, an illuminating allegorical figure, and as a constant fact of fallen reality. The Implications of Chaos in Paradise LostĮnglish Language and Literature English Language and Literature Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |