Alliteration In Leda And The Swan By Ray Bradbury

Alliteration: The repetition of identical consonant sounds in the stressed syllables of words relatively near to each other (in the same line or adjacent lines, usually) (Literature: A Portable Anthology). Example: In Fahrenheit 451, Montag states, â€Å"It’s fine work. Monday burn Millay, Wednesday Whitman, Friday Faulkner, burn’em to ashes. That’s our official slogan.† The repetition sound of â€Å"M,† â€Å"W,† and â€Å"F,† show alliteration (Bradbury 6). Allusion: A reference to a well-known person, place, place, event, literary work, or work of art (Literary Devices). Example: On page fifty-seven of Fahrenheit 451, Beatty says, â€Å"Colored people don’t like Little Black Sambo. Burn it. White people don’t feel good about Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Burn it.† The†¦show more content†¦Example: The poem â€Å"Leda and the Swan† by William Yeats states, Above the staggering girl, her thighs caressed By the dark webs, her nape caught in his bill, He holds her helpless breast upon his breast.† The human behaviors such as â€Å"holds† and â€Å"caressed† that are given to describe the swan displays anthropomorphism (Yeats 500). Aphorism: a statement of truth or opinion expressed in a concise and witty manner (Literary Devices). Example: In act one of â€Å"The Importance of Being Earnest† Algernon states, â€Å"I dont play accurately - any one can play accurately - but I play with wonderful expression.† Algernon’s witty statement declaring that he plays â€Å"with wonderful expression† displays an aphorism (Wilde 889). Apostrophe: is a term used when a speaker directly addresses someone or something that isnt present in the poem (Literary Devices). Example: In â€Å"Sonnet 18† by William Shakespeare the first line states, â€Å"Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?† The person â€Å"thee† that Shakespeare is referring to is never present in the poem, therefore the women he is talking about represents an apostrophe because she is never present in poem (Shakespeare 426). Assonance: is the repetition of a vowel sound or diphthong in non-rhyming words (Literary Devices). Example: The first line of Robert Frost’s poem â€Å"The Road Not Taken† states, â€Å"Two roads