Alliteration The use of Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words placed near each other, usually on the same or adjacent lines. A Ex. Two vast and trunk less legs cold command somewhat looser definition is that it is the use The hand that mock'd them and the heart that of the same consonant in any part of fed. adjacent word. boundless and bare lone and level sands stretch
The use of Irony Irony is a figure of speech in which words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words. It may also be a situation that may end up in quite a different way than what is generally anticipated. In simple words, it is a difference between the appearance and the reality. Ex. Look upon my works so mighty & despair nothing beside remains
The use of Hyperbole Hyperbole, derived from Greek word meaning “over-casting” is a figure of speech, which involves an exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis. It is a device that we employ in our day-to-day speech. For instance, when you meet a friend after a long time, you say, “Ages have passed since I first saw you. Ex. Kings of Kings
Anastrophe Anastrophe is a form of literary device where in the order of the noun and the adjective in the sentence is exchanged. In standard parlance and writing the adjective comes before the noun but when one is employing an anastrophe the noun is followed by the adjective. Ex. Well those passions read
The use of Synecdoche A synecdoche is a literary devices that uses a Ex. a shatter'd visage lies, part of something to refer to the whole. It is whose frown somewhat rhetorical in nature, where the And wrinkled lip and sneer of entire object is represented by way of a cold command faction of it or a faction of the object is symbolized by the full. Nothing beside remains: round the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,