Anaphora
Anaphora adds rhythm to a text or poem while serving the purpose of furnishing artistic effect to the passages of prose and poetry. It makes poetry and literary works more pleasurable to read and easier to remember. Used in ,much of children's literature, anaphora creates a playful mood and tone for readers.
Here is an example from a children's book:
“I will not eat them in a house, i will not eat them with a mouse,i will not eat them in a box i will not eat them with a fox, i will not eat them here of there i will not eat them anywhere, I do not like green eggs and ham i do not like them sam i am”
― Dr. Suess, Green Eggs and Ham
An example of anaphora in poems:
“What the hammer? what the chain?
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? what dread grasp
Dare its deadly terrors clasp?”
The repetition of a series of questions which start with “what” creates a rhythm that creates the effect of awe in readers. The repetition also gives the readers an idea of what the poet's intentions are and the mood of the poem. Anaphora can give a playful mood or even present a resemblance to stream of conscious.
Five summers, with the length of
Five long winters! and again I hear these waters…”
The repetition of the word “five” at the beginning of each line gives melody to the lines that matches well with its nostalgic tone.
Here is an example from a children's book:
“I will not eat them in a house, i will not eat them with a mouse,i will not eat them in a box i will not eat them with a fox, i will not eat them here of there i will not eat them anywhere, I do not like green eggs and ham i do not like them sam i am”
― Dr. Suess, Green Eggs and Ham
An example of anaphora in poems:
“What the hammer? what the chain?
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? what dread grasp
Dare its deadly terrors clasp?”
The repetition of a series of questions which start with “what” creates a rhythm that creates the effect of awe in readers. The repetition also gives the readers an idea of what the poet's intentions are and the mood of the poem. Anaphora can give a playful mood or even present a resemblance to stream of conscious.
- William Wordsworth in “Tintern Abbey”:
Five summers, with the length of
Five long winters! and again I hear these waters…”
The repetition of the word “five” at the beginning of each line gives melody to the lines that matches well with its nostalgic tone.