
Reading Poetry
Hypallage moves a description to an unexpected neighbour
Hypallage shifts a description to an unexpected word. Try a close-reading exercise that shows how a transferred epithet can change the atmosphere of a sentence.

Hypallage shifts a description to an unexpected word. Try a close-reading exercise that shows how a transferred epithet can change the atmosphere of a sentence.

Zeugma lets one word govern several parts of a sentence, sometimes in different senses. Try an original example and see when the turn adds meaning.