Anaphora is a deliberate repetition at the start of consecutive sentences to create an emotional effect. The effect this language feature provides is to emphasise the said text. This is used for the author to emotionally connect to his/her readers.
2 well-known examples of Anaphora:
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair." Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
"It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden, too like the lightning." Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
My own example:
"It is feeding on my thoughts. It is scratching and crawling it's way to my very soul. It is creating an improving facade of a walking daydream just to grasp my heart tighter. It is making me a mindless zombie, obeying it's every command. It is controlling me. This thing called love."
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: only a member of this blog may post a comment.