AdamSmith Posted October 28, 2015 Posted October 28, 2015 hy·pal·la·gehīˈpaləjē,hi-Rhetoricnoun: hypallage; plural noun: hypallages a transposition of the natural relations of two elements in a proposition, for example in the sentence “Melissa shook her doubtful curls.” Hypallage (/haɪˈpælədʒiː/; from the Greek: ὑπαλλαγή, hypallagḗ, "interchange, exchange") or transferred epithet is a literary device that can be described as an abnormal, unexpected change of two segments in a sentence.Contents 1 Examples 2 In other languages 3 References 4 Further reading Examples "On the idle hill of summer/Sleepy with the flow of streams/Far I hear..." (A.E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad) — idle hill... sleepy is a hypallage: it is the narrator, not the hill, who exhibits these features. "Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time" — Wilfred Owen, "Dulce et Decorum est" "restless night" — The night was not restless, but the person who was awake through it was. "happy morning" — Mornings have no feelings, but the people who are awake through them do. In other languagesHypallage is often used strikingly in Ancient Greek and Latin poetry. We find such examples of transferred epithets as "the winged sound of whirling" (δίνης πτερωτὸς φθόγγος), meaning "the sound of whirling wings" (Aristophanes, Birds 1198), and Horace's "angry crowns of kings" (iratos...regum apices, Odes 3.21.19f.). Virgil was given to hypallage beyond the transferred epithet, as "give the winds to the fleets" (dare classibus Austros, Aeneid 3.61), meaning "give the fleets to the winds."Literary critic Gérard Genette argued that the frequent use of hypallage is characteristic of Marcel Proust's style.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypallage Quote
Members RA1 Posted October 28, 2015 Members Posted October 28, 2015 I do NOT want my wings to whirl, either literally or figuratively speaking. Airplanes are already noisy enough and if you add my screaming, it becomes unbearable. You and Bill O'Reilly. Best regards, RA1 AdamSmith 1 Quote
Members MsGuy Posted October 28, 2015 Members Posted October 28, 2015 Hypallage...a word I I not only didn't know the meaning of but which I had never actually seen or heard spoken until this very moment.. And now we all know why. MsAnn 1 Quote
AdamSmith Posted October 28, 2015 Author Posted October 28, 2015 lol Me neither. Until I saw it today quite by accident while looking up something else. MsAnn 1 Quote
Members MsAnn Posted October 29, 2015 Members Posted October 29, 2015 lol Me neither. Until I saw it today quite by accident while looking up something else. LOL....You gentlemen would do well to turn on CNBC....just sayin. The good doctor just started talkin bout us. AdamSmith 1 Quote
AdamSmith Posted October 29, 2015 Author Posted October 29, 2015 LOL....You gentlemen would do well to turn on CNBC....just sayin. The good doctor just started talkin bout us. Oh Lordy. Can't bear to watch. I'm reading the Guardian's live reporting stream instead: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2015/oct/28/republican-debate-live-cnbc-trump-bush-carson You get spared the dull bits, plus you get all the reporters' snarky cuts against the candidates. MsAnn 1 Quote
Members MsGuy Posted October 29, 2015 Members Posted October 29, 2015 I'm watching the World Series. ---- Yea...KC won! Quote
