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| − | explicit/overt comparison, ‘as’, ‘like’. '''Example''': I wandered lonely as a cloud (Wordsworth). | + | explicit/overt comparison, ‘as’, ‘like’. |
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| + | '''Example''': I wandered lonely as a cloud (Wordsworth). | ||
==Metaphor== | ==Metaphor== | ||
| − | implicit/covert comparison without the usage of 'as' or 'like'. '''Example''': | + | implicit/covert comparison without the usage of 'as' or 'like'. |
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| + | '''Example''': But ye lovers, that bathen in gladnesse (Chaucer, T&C) | ||
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=Analysing Metaphors= | =Analysing Metaphors= | ||
| + | *'''Step 1''': Separate literal from figurative use | ||
| + | *'''Step 2''': Construct tenor and vehicle, by postulating semantic elements to fill in the gaps of the literal and figurative interpretations | ||
| + | *'''Step 3''': State the ground of the metaphor | ||
| + | =Analysing Interplay= | ||
| + | *'''Step 1''': Identify the metre (maximization principle) | ||
| + | *'''Step 2''': Identify realized accentuation | ||
| + | *'''Step 3''': Identify the points of deviation when comparing the outcome of step 1 and step 2 | ||
| + | *'''Step 4''': Describe the points of deviation in historic context | ||
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[[Category:Handout|Poetry]] | [[Category:Handout|Poetry]] | ||
Revision as of 17:40, 23 April 2007
Contents
Tropes (Tropen)
any expression which implies a transference of meaning
Simile
explicit/overt comparison, ‘as’, ‘like’.
Example: I wandered lonely as a cloud (Wordsworth).
Metaphor
implicit/covert comparison without the usage of 'as' or 'like'.
Example: But ye lovers, that bathen in gladnesse (Chaucer, T&C)
Metonymy
replaces one expression by another, which has a spatial, temporal, or logical connection with it.
Example: I'll have a glass or two.
Synecdoche
a part stands for the whole, or vice versa.
Example: The Vatican has commented on recent events.
Allegory
a set of analogies.
Example: 'Justice' as a woman with sword, balance and eye patch.
Symbol
an object which is assigned an underlying meaning.
Example: It was the nightingale, and not the lark (Shakespeare, R&J).
Analysing Metaphors
- Step 1: Separate literal from figurative use
- Step 2: Construct tenor and vehicle, by postulating semantic elements to fill in the gaps of the literal and figurative interpretations
- Step 3: State the ground of the metaphor
Analysing Interplay
- Step 1: Identify the metre (maximization principle)
- Step 2: Identify realized accentuation
- Step 3: Identify the points of deviation when comparing the outcome of step 1 and step 2
- Step 4: Describe the points of deviation in historic context
