As for example in Larkin鈥檚 Whitsun weddings:
鈥楾he last confetti and advice are thrown鈥?br>
I have asked the English teacher and she doesn鈥檛 know!What is the name of the poetic device where two unconnected nouns are the object of the same verb?
I was just thinking about this ... the term is syllepsis ...
which is related to zeugma (from the Greek word ';yoke';)
You can read up on it here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeugma
Here's the Wikipedia definition:
Syllepsis is a particular type of zeugma in which the clauses are not parallel either in meaning or grammar. The governing word may change meaning with respect to the other words it modifies. This creates a semantic incongruity which is often humorous.
And here are examples:
Here thou, great Anna! whom three realms obey,
Dost sometimes counsel take - and sometimes tea.
Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock
He carried a strobe light and the responsibility for the lives of his men. (Tim O'Brien, The Things They Carried)What is the name of the poetic device where two unconnected nouns are the object of the same verb?
compound subject................
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