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Poe’s Literary Devices

Poe’s Literary Devices . Anadiplosis. T he repetition of the last word of a preceding clause. Example: "Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering." — Yoda , Star Wars. Bomphiologia.

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Poe’s Literary Devices

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  1. Poe’s Literary Devices

  2. Anadiplosis The repetition of the last word of a preceding clause. Example: "Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering." —Yoda, Star Wars

  3. Bomphiologia Words as seem altogether too high and lofty for the matter. It is derived from a speaker's effort to seem more educated or elevated than he really is. Example: Two cats ... alighting opposite one another on my visage, betook themselves to indecorous contention for the paltry consideration of my nose.

  4. Enargia A vivid description of something. Example: “a dull, heavy, monotonous clang; and when the minute-hand made a circuit of the face, and the hour was to be stricken, there came from the brazen lungs of the clock…a note and emphasis that, at each lapse of an hour…”

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