Apostrophe | Apostrophe Literary Term | Apostrophe Figure of Speech| Apostrophe Examples | Apostrophe Sentences

Apostrophe | Apostrophe Literary Term | Apostrophe Figure of Speech| Apostrophe Examples |

Apostrophe | Apostrophe Literary Term | Apostrophe Figure of Speech

An address to someone present or something abstract as if the person or the things were present .It is often introduced by the exclamation "O".Shelley makes use of apostrophe in " ode to the west wind" at least 7 times. Here is one of them:

                  


Apostrophe Examples|Examples of Apostrophe


  O Wind,

If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?

Pope also uses Apostrophe many times in The Rape of the Lock.Here is one:

"O wretched maid!"she spreads her hands,and cried

(While Hampton's echoes,"Wretched maid! replied)

Here the maid who helped Belinda in her preparation for the day has been addressed. The maid is absent at the place where Belinda Wails for the loss of one of her locks.

Here is an example from Keats's "To Autumn":

Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,

Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;

..............(Keats:To Autumn")

Here the speaker addresses the personified "Autumn" throughout the poem.It is an example of expanded apostrophe.

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