September 09, 2006
"I Got Wasted; She Got Mad.
She called me names, and she called her dad."
—"Anything, Anything" (Dramarama)
This isn't a zeugma, but it is a syllepsis. I adore it. Here's another one, a true zeugma. Do you recognize it?
"Here thou, great Anna! whom three realms obey,
Dost sometimes counsel take—and sometimes tea."
Posted by: Attila Girl at
04:33 AM
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"She threw pots, pans, and a fit."
Does that count as both?
Posted by: Asher Abrams at September 09, 2006 08:25 AM (Mu7y2)
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Alexander Pope from "The Rape of the Lock." Although, as a non-English major, I shouldn't be commenting on this at all. Or reading it. I think I'll wash my head out with gin before synapses form. Must we name every figure of speech? With Greek-derived names no less? It's very anticlimactic!
Posted by: Darrell at September 09, 2006 09:09 AM (/gRHd)
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Isn't it ironic?--don't you think?
Posted by: Attila Girl at September 09, 2006 11:04 AM (lXru8)
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What brought this on? Are you using Strunk and White for little light reading?
Posted by: Zendo Deb at September 09, 2006 11:40 AM (+gqOq)
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I'm on a writing binge, so I'm thinking almost nonstop about how words fit together. It's making me more myself than usual.
Posted by: Attila Girl at September 09, 2006 01:27 PM (kFfrz)
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No, I don't think-- before, during or after writing. It saves me quite a bit of time. Time I put to good use. Like waiting.
Posted by: Darrell at September 09, 2006 07:30 PM (0qTMI)
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