Epanalepsis: "Including me, Will thought. Including me." (Pg. 34)
Definition: A figure of speech defined by the repetition of the initial word (or words) of a clause or sentence at the end of that same clause or sentence.
Commentary: By repeating "including me", the author gets the point across that Will is "at the mercy of anything that might break in from the night."
Polysyndeton: "Now the old and terribly-wise-with-nightmare eye was so wide and so deep and so alive..."
Definition: The repetition of conjunctions in close succession.
Commentary: The conjunctions help to describe the eye in great detail and give it a sort of scary feel.
Anaphora: "... while Mr. Cooger, as simple as shadows, as simple as light, as simple as time, got younger." (Pg. 78)
Definition: the repetition of the same word or expression at the beginning of a successive phrases, clauses, sentences or lines.
Commentary: By saying "as simple as" the author is getting the point across of how easy it was for Mr. Cooper to become younger.
Anadiplosis: "... man became young man, young man rendered down to boy..." (Pg.79)
Definition: the repetition of a prominent (usually the final ) word of a phrase, clause, line or stanza at the beginning of the next.
Commentary: Using this rhetorical device helps the reader to focus on the event of de-aging.
Anithesis: " Will saw but did not see a sign in the window. He read but did not read. He remembered but forgot." (Pg. 81-82)
Definition: a contrast of ideas or words in a balanced or parallel construction
Commentary: The author uses antithesis to express how the events have unsettled Will.
Definition: A figure of speech defined by the repetition of the initial word (or words) of a clause or sentence at the end of that same clause or sentence.
Commentary: By repeating "including me", the author gets the point across that Will is "at the mercy of anything that might break in from the night."
Polysyndeton: "Now the old and terribly-wise-with-nightmare eye was so wide and so deep and so alive..."
Definition: The repetition of conjunctions in close succession.
Commentary: The conjunctions help to describe the eye in great detail and give it a sort of scary feel.
Anaphora: "... while Mr. Cooger, as simple as shadows, as simple as light, as simple as time, got younger." (Pg. 78)
Definition: the repetition of the same word or expression at the beginning of a successive phrases, clauses, sentences or lines.
Commentary: By saying "as simple as" the author is getting the point across of how easy it was for Mr. Cooper to become younger.
Anadiplosis: "... man became young man, young man rendered down to boy..." (Pg.79)
Definition: the repetition of a prominent (usually the final ) word of a phrase, clause, line or stanza at the beginning of the next.
Commentary: Using this rhetorical device helps the reader to focus on the event of de-aging.
Anithesis: " Will saw but did not see a sign in the window. He read but did not read. He remembered but forgot." (Pg. 81-82)
Definition: a contrast of ideas or words in a balanced or parallel construction
Commentary: The author uses antithesis to express how the events have unsettled Will.