Monday, February 25, 2013

Literary devices

Alliteration - Catullus 63, line 10: "terga tauri teneris".

Aporia - Catullus 1, line 1: "Cui dono lepidum novum libellum".

Apostrophe - Catullus 10, lines 33-34: "sed tu insulasa male et molesta vivis, per quam non licet esse  
                      neglegentem!"

Chiasmus - Catullus 4, line 8: "Rhodumque nobilem horridamque Thraciam".

Hyperbole - Catullus 11, lines18-20: "quos simul complexa tenet trecentos, nullum amans vere, sed
                    identidem omnium ilia rumpens;".

Synchysis - Catullus 2, line 4: "et acris solet incitare morsus".

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