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pick and write an example 'apostrophe' from the poem. ​

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Answered by kajalagarwal10
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Apostrophe Definition

In literature, apostrophe is a figure of speech sometimes represented by an exclamation, such as “Oh.” A writer or speaker, using apostrophe, speaks directly to someone who is not present or is dead, or speaks to an inanimate object.

It is important not to confuse apostrophe, the literary device, with the apostrophe punctuation mark (‘). The punctuation mark shows possession, or marks the omission of one or more letters (contraction). Apostrophe in literature is an arrangement of words addressing a non-existent person or an abstract idea in such a way as if it were present and capable of understanding feelings.

Examples of Apostrophe in Literature

English literature is replete with instances of apostrophe. Let us have a look at a few examples.

Example #1: Macbeth (By William Shakespeare)

William Shakespeare makes use of apostrophe in his play Macbeth:

“Is this a dagger which I see before me,

The handle toward my hand?

Come, let me clutch thee!

I have thee not, and yet I see thee still.”

In his mental conflict before murdering King Duncan, Macbeth has a strange vision of a dagger and talks to it as if it were a person.

Example #2: The Star (By Jane Taylor)

Jane Taylor uses apostrophe in the well-known poem, The Star:

“Twinkle, twinkle, little star,

How I wonder what you are.

Up above the world so high,

Like a diamond in the sky.”

This poem became one of the most popular nursery rhymes told to little children – often in the form of song. In this nursery rhyme, a child speaks to a star (an inanimate object). Hence, this is a classic example of apostrophe.

Example #3: Frankenstein (By Mary Shelly)

Look at how Mary Shelly uses apostrophe in her novel Frankenstein:

“Oh! Stars and clouds and winds, ye are all about to mock me; if ye really pity me, crush sensation and memory; let me become as naught; but if not, depart, depart, and leave me in darkness.”

Talking to stars, clouds, and winds is apostrophe.

Example #4: Death Be Not Proud (By John Donne)

“Death be not proud, though some have called thee

Mighty and dreadful, for, thou art not so,

For, those, whom thou think’st, thou dost overthrow,

Die not, poor death, nor yet canst thou kill me.”

Here, Donne speaks to death, an abstract idea, as if it were a person capable of comprehending his feelings.

Example #5: The Sun Rising (By John Donne)

John Donne once more uses apostrophe in his poem The Sun Rising:

“Busy old fool, unruly Sun,

Why dost thou thus,

Through windows, and through curtains, call on

us?

Must to thy motions lovers’ seasons run?

Saucy pedantic wretch …”

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Answered by dikshith3
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Answer:

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