Form and Rhetoric devices or Literary devices of The Gettysburg Address
Uniqueness of "The Gettysburg Address"
In just 272 words and ten sentences Lincon completed the speech within 2 minutes. And Lincoln struck a chord that could resonate not only with audience but one that could resonate through times.
Context of "The Gettysburg Address"
America was in thr midst of a bloody civil union troves had only four months earlier defeated conference truth at the battle of Gettysburg widely recognise at the turning point of the war.
Purpose of "The Gettysburg Address"
The purpose of the speech was to dedicate a plot of land that would become soldiers (union troves) National cemetery to honour the fallen.
Tone of "The Gettysburg Address"
In the first paragraph we see the reverend tone.
From the sentence "The word will........ the last full measure of devotion" , here we find the Humble tone.
And from the sentence "That we here highly resolve........ From the earth" we see the fervent tone.
Form of Gettysburg Address |
Rhetoric devices or Literary devices used in "The Gettysburg Address"
Allusion
Anaphora
Assyndeton (when sentence continued without conjunction)
Parallel structure ( we can not dedicate -we can not consecrate -we can not hallow).
Antethesis ( opposite idea, in The Gettysburg Address, 1863 here in this sentence we see the opposite idea "The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here "... but actually the world will note)
Irony ("The world will little note, nor long remember" but in future the world remember his speech, so what he had said that did not happened)
Allusion preamble to Constitution ethos ( Government of the people ,by the people, for the people)
Alliteration (when sound repeated, like poor power in The Gettysburg Address, 1863 )
Consonance - Repetition of the same consonant in short gap it's called consonance like Battlefield, final fitting) ... One can effective much more his speech by using consonance.
Governing Metaphore - The word which unified our emotion its called Governing metaphor. It must be evocative, like "Nation", "Conceived", " Dedicated " , " Live " , "Border", "Endure", " Shall not perish"
Opposite word - Death - live
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