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1. Parallelism of Words
Definition: Where similar words are arranged in parallel (same) order
Example: "Elvenpath" from Angels Fall First
The moonwitch took me to a ride on her broomstick
Introduced me to her old friend home gnome
Told me to keep the sauna warm for him
At the grove I met the rest, the folk of my fantasies:
Bilbo, sparhawk, goblins and pixies,
Snowman, willow, trolls and the seven dwarves
The path goes forever on
2. Parallelism of Phrases
Definition: Where similar phrases are arranged in parallel order
Example: "Wanderlust" from Wishmaster
I want to see where the sirens sing
Hear how the wolves howl
Sail the dead calm waters of the Pacific
Dance in the fields of coral
Be blinded by the white
Discover the deepest jungle
I want to find the Secret Path
A bird delivered into my heart
3. Antithesis of Words
Definition: It is similar to Parallelism of Words, except contrasting ideas are arranged in similar order
Example: "Sacrament of Wilderness" from Oceanborn
Naked in midwinter magic lies an angel in the snow
The frozen figure crossed by tracks of wolves
An encounter symbolic yet truthful
With a hungry choir of wolves
An agreement immemorial to be born
4. Antithesis of Clauses
Definition: Contrasting clauses are arranged in similar order
Example: "Creek Mary's Blood" from Once
Wandering on Horizon Road
Following the Trail of Tears
White man came, saw the blessed land
We cared, you took. You fought, we lost.
Not the war but an unfair fight
Sceneries painted beautiful in blood
5. Antimetabole
Definition: A word or phrase is used in another clause but as a different part of speech. A famous example is John F. Kennedy's, "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country" is a famous example.
Example: "Bye Bye Beautiful" from Dark Passion Play
It's not the tree that forsakes the flower,
But the flower that forsakes the tree
Someday I'll learn to love these scars
Still fresh from the red-hot blade of your words
Definition: A question that's meant to make an assertion or produce an effect, but not a reply
Example: "Bye Bye Beautiful" from Dark Passion Play
How blind can you be, don't you see
That the gambler lost all he does not have?
Did you ever hear what I told you?
Did you ever read what I wrote you?
Did you ever listen to what we played?
Did you ever let in what the world said?
Did we get this far just to feel your hate?
Did we play to become only pawns in the game?
How blind can you be, don't you see?
You chose the long road but we'll be waiting.
Bye Bye Beautiful
Bye Bye Beautiful
Bye Bye Beautiful
Bye Bye Bye Bye
7. Alliteration
Definition: A sound repeated at the beginning of words
Example: "Sleeping Sun" from Oceanborn
Sorrow has a human heart
From my God it will depart
I'd sail before a thousand moons
Never finding where to go
Two hundred twenty-two days of light
Will be desired by a night
A moment for the poet's play
Until there's nothing left to say
8. Anaphora
Definition: A series of phrases beginning with the same word
Example: "The Poet and the Pendulum" from Dark Passion Play
Sparkle my scenery with turquoise waterfall
With beauty underneath, the Ever Free
Tuck me in beneath the blue,
Beneath the pain, beneath the rain
Goodnight kiss for a child in time
Swaying blade my lullaby
9. Epistrophe
Definition: A series of phrases ending with the same word
Example: "The Poet and the Pendulum" from Dark Passion Play
Everyone must bury their own
No pack to bury the heart of stone
Now he's home in hell, serves him well
Slain by the bell tolling for his farewell
The morning dawned upon his altar
Remains of the Dark Passion Play
Performed by his friends without shame
Spitting on his grave as they came
Getaway, runaway, fly away,
Lead me astray to dreamer's hideaway
I cannot cry 'cause the shoulder cries more
I cannot die, I, a whore for the cold world
Forgive me, I have but two faces
One for the world, one for God. Save me!
I cannot cry 'cause the shoulder cries more
I cannot die, I, a whore for the cold world
10. Assonance
Definition: A series of phrases ends in the same sound, not necessarily the same word
Examples: "Two for Tragedy" from Wishmaster and "Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan" from Once
Sleep Eden sleep, my fallen son
Slumber in peace. Cease the pain,
Life's just in vain, for us to gain,
Nothing but all the same.
Sinussa maailman kauneus
Josta kuolema teki minusta taiteilijan
Luojani, luoksesi anna minun tulla
Siksi miksi lapseni minua luulee
11. Anadiplosis
Definition: The end of one clause or phrase begins the next clause or phrase
Example: "Dead Boy's Poem" from Wishmaster
"I live no more to shame,
Nor me, nor you. I'm sorry."
Born from silence, silence full of it
A perfect concert my best friend
So much to live for, so much to die for
If only my heart had a home
12. Climax
Definition: Related ideas arranged from least to most intense
Example: "Beauty of the Beast" from Century Child
All of my songs can only be composed of the greatest of pains
Every single verse can only be borne of the greatest of wishes
I wish I had one more night to live
"Oh, sweet Christabel, share with me your poem. For I know now, I"m a puppet on this silent stage show. I'm but a poet who failed his best play. A dead boy who failed to write an ending to each of his poems."
13. Metaphor
Definition: Comparing two objects without using like or as
Example: "Astral Romance" from Angels Fall First
Departed from the guillotine of death
I received a letter from the depth
The dream of my lover it carried inside
Caressed by the sharpest knife
I asked you to be my wife
Rays of the setting sun
Were my tears wept upon promises undone
14. Simile
Definition: Comparing two objects using like or as
Example: "Astral Romance" from Over the Hills and Far Away
This constant longing for your touch
This bitter ocean of hatred and pain
This loneliness I need to be who I am
The oceans are as alone as I
Somebody take away this gift of mine
No charisma for the beast
But still I love you forevermore
15. Synechdote
Definition: Using a part of a whole to stand for the entire thing
Example: "Angels Fall First" from Angels Fall First
An angelface smiles to me
Under a headline of tragedy
That smile used to give me warmth
Farewell, no words to say
Beside the cross on your grave
And those forever burning candles
16. Metonymy
Definition: An adjective or related thing used to represent something else - very similar to synechdote
Examples: "Ocean Soul" from Century Child and "Dead Boy's Poem" from Wishmaster
Long hours of loneliness between me and the sea
Losing emotion, finding devotion
Should I dress in white and search the sea
As I always wished to be, one with the waves
Oh, Ocean Soul
A lonely soul . . .
An Ocean Soul . . .
A lonely soul . . .
An Ocean soul . . .
17. Periphrasis
Definition: A round-about way of expressing a simpler concept
Example: "Amaranth" from Dark Passion Play
Note: To understand this example, Amaranth is Greek for "immortal"
You believe, but what you see
You receive, but what you give
Caress the one, the Never-fading
Rain in your heart the tears of snow-white sorrow
Caress the one, the hiding Amaranth
In a land of the daybreak
Caress the one, the Never-fading
Rain in your heart the tears of snow-white sorrow
Caress the one, the hiding Amaranth
In a land of the daybreak
18. Personification
Definition: Giving human qualities to inanimate objects
Example: "Higher than Hope" from Once
Time, it took the most of me
And left me with no key
To unlock the chest of memories
Mother, the pain ain't hurting me
But the love that I feel
When you hold me near
Looking back at it, I should have used shorter clips. I also wish the sound worked on the powerpoint.
Listening To: "Nemo" by Nightwish
Reading: I put Paradise Lost aside and am going through Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer by Roy Peter Clark
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