Hyperbole
What Hyperbole means in English Literature A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Comic exaggeration, as in the drowning and fountain fantasies of the sestet, which also exposes the speaker's hostility.
Striking exaggeration employed by Donne to elevate the status of the romantic relationship.
Topics that use Hyperbole
- Component 3: Poetry – Section B: Specified Poetry Pre- or Post-1900 – Pre-1900 – Metaphysical Poetry – Metaphysical Poetry, editor Colin Burrow (Penguin, 2006) (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
- Component 3: Poetry – Section B: Specified Poetry Pre- or Post-1900 – Pre-1900 – The Victorian Period – Christina Rossetti Selected Poems, editor Dinah Roe (Penguin, 2008) (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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