Giacomo Leopardi - the museum Recanati

The most famous Italian poet of the nineteenth century, and one of the greatest exponents of Romanticism, is undoubtedly Giacomo Leopardi ....

Simile

It is to compare a concept to another by the use of conjunctions (for example, "such as", "this") in order to clarify it...

Onomatopoeia

(From the greek ὀνοματοποιία, name-do) In putting it consists lexical elements (often meaningless) fit to play sounds actions or objects. ...

Metaphor

(From the greek μεταφορά, transfer) is to replace a term with another of different meaning without changing the meaning of the sentence. thi...

Hyperbole

(From the greek ὑπερβάλλω, throwing over) It is to express a concept with exaggerated terms by default or by excess. "They're at l...

Chiasmus

(From the greek χιασμός, from the Greek letter χ) It consists in approaching the two groups of words in the same sentence, by arranging the ...

Catafora

(From the greek καταφορά, fall) It is to have unusually one or more words at the end of sentence (or to the next verse). This position is re...

Catachresis

or abusióne (from the greek καταχρησις, abuse) It consists in using an end improperly over the intrinsic limitations of its meaning (In this...

Brachilogia

(From the greek βραχυλογíα, short address) is a form of ellipses. It consists in omitting all superfluous elements the sentence and sometime...

Assonance

It is to improperly rhyming verses, using terms of similar sounds. The most widespread is in equality of voice (the two words) tonic accent ...

Archaism

(From the greek αρχαῖīος, ancient) it consists In putting terms or syntactic constructions not common (A period prior to that of the writer)...

Antithesis

(From the greek ἀντίθεσις, opposition) is nell'accostare terms or concepts of meaning opposite. Often abuses which have occurred in the ...

Anticlimax

(Climax or descending) is to list a series of concepts in descending order for strength and intensity. "Always in the thoughts I have,...

antanaclasis

(From the greek ἀντανάκλασις, repercussion) It is to repeat inside the same sentence the same term with a different meaning. "Under th...

Annominazione

(Sometimes used as a synonym for paronomasia) consists in repeating the root of a word in those following. "Good night to the beautifu...

amphibology

from greek ἀμφίβολος, ambiguous) is to create an ambiguity in syntactic construction the sentence. It is considered a serious mistake gramma...

anastrophe

(From the greek ἀναστροφή, inversion) is to invert the usual syntactic order of words. In this way it is given greater emphasis adjectives o...

Anaptissi

(From the greek ἀνάπτυξις, opening) is to insert a vowel between two consonants of a term (Increasing the syllables). it is endeavored much ...

Anadiplosis

(From the greek anadiplosis, "doubling") consists of repeating a term or a fine of locution towards the beginning of the next. Thi...

Anacoluthon

(From the greek also privative and akolouthos, "does not follow") is in interrupting the sequence of syntactic sentence (in more f...