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Pun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A pun , or paronomasia , is a form of word play that deliberately exploits ambiguity between similar-sounding words for humorous or rhetorical effect. Such ambiguity may arise from the intentional...
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Ode on a Grecian Urn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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I use R. A. B. Mynors' 1958 OCT of Catullus throughout (on the need to specify ..... Poem 14 contains certain further linguistic parallels that cement its ...
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employ puns in considerable number. A poem of Germanic inspiration and of the same vintage as the Rhenanes, "La Maison des Morts," contains several plays on ...
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588. 18 There may even be a triple pun here, suggested by Poem 27 (the only poem by Catullus specifically about drinking) which complements my interpretation.
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Note that the title contains the pun "evening," which means both post-sunset hours and a balancing or leveling. December 22, the shortest day of the year, ... Rigidly formal in style and protocol, the poem establishes the city's soullessness as the twiddly funeral director completes the ceremony in a semblance of decorum.
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Note that the title contains the pun "evening," which means both post-sunset hours and a balancing or leveling. December 22, the shortest day ... Composed by Frost when he was 62 years old, the poem takes its title from Rudyard Kipling's "Departmental Ditties" and demonstrates a blend of tweakish humor and mock-heroic form.
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