Hyperbole is a word that originated from Greek which means overcasting on something. Hyperbole poems on the other hand refer to poems that uses exaggerating ideas/words to bring emphasizes to different parts of the poem. It is part of speech where words are exaggerated to enhance musicality and humor. It aims at emphasizing the message that is being passed to audience. It is a feature that is always used during daily speeches with friends, relatives or school colleagues.
For instance, military personnel may be engaged in security commitments for a longer period of time. Whenever they come home they address they loved one, “Moons have passed without seeing you”. In these statements, the truth may be that they were together couples of hours ago. The use of the word moons may possess a different picture to audience. People may think that it has been a couple of years before these two friends meet.
Let’s figure other examples of statements having hyperbole. Consider this statement, “at midnight it was cold that all words to be spoken turn to be solid, the oceans lies like sleeping dogs”. The words “spoken words turn solid” and “ocean lie like dogs” are referred to as hyperbole. They have been used to bring emphasize cold and oceans. In statements above, it is clear that hyperbole is used in our daily conversation to bring emphasize on speech.
However, in poetry it not only emphasizes but also enhances human feelings. The poet uses it to communicate with audience. It is effective to add humor to poetry to break monotony of the poem. In literature, the use of hyperbole brings about contrast. When one word is used normally and the other used as a hyperbole, it creates contrast where audience can understand more about the poem. Hyperbole poems have been used in literature to attract attention of audiences hence making poetry interesting.
Hyperbole is extreme exaggeration. Examples of hyperbole include, “I’m such a good swimmer, I could swim around the world! ” or “I’m so hungry, I could eat a horse!”
Some examples of hyperbole teaching poems include:
The Old Woman Tossed Up in a Blanket by Walter Crane
There was an old woman tossed up in a blanket,
Seventeen times as high as the moon;
Where she was going I could not but ask it,
For in her hand she carried a broom.
“Old woman, old woman, old woman,” quoth I;
“O whither, O whither, O whither so high?”
“To sweep the cobwebs from the sky,
And I’ll be with you by-and-by!”
Book of Nonsense Limerick 41 by Edward Lear
There was a Young Lady whose nose,
Was so long that it reached to her toes;
So she hired an Old Lady,
Whose conduct was steady,
To carry that wonderful nose.
For instance, military personnel may be engaged in security commitments for a longer period of time. Whenever they come home they address they loved one, “Moons have passed without seeing you”. In these statements, the truth may be that they were together couples of hours ago. The use of the word moons may possess a different picture to audience. People may think that it has been a couple of years before these two friends meet.
Let’s figure other examples of statements having hyperbole. Consider this statement, “at midnight it was cold that all words to be spoken turn to be solid, the oceans lies like sleeping dogs”. The words “spoken words turn solid” and “ocean lie like dogs” are referred to as hyperbole. They have been used to bring emphasize cold and oceans. In statements above, it is clear that hyperbole is used in our daily conversation to bring emphasize on speech.
However, in poetry it not only emphasizes but also enhances human feelings. The poet uses it to communicate with audience. It is effective to add humor to poetry to break monotony of the poem. In literature, the use of hyperbole brings about contrast. When one word is used normally and the other used as a hyperbole, it creates contrast where audience can understand more about the poem. Hyperbole poems have been used in literature to attract attention of audiences hence making poetry interesting.
Hyperbole is extreme exaggeration. Examples of hyperbole include, “I’m such a good swimmer, I could swim around the world! ” or “I’m so hungry, I could eat a horse!”
Some examples of hyperbole teaching poems include:
The Old Woman Tossed Up in a Blanket by Walter Crane
There was an old woman tossed up in a blanket,
Seventeen times as high as the moon;
Where she was going I could not but ask it,
For in her hand she carried a broom.
“Old woman, old woman, old woman,” quoth I;
“O whither, O whither, O whither so high?”
“To sweep the cobwebs from the sky,
And I’ll be with you by-and-by!”
Book of Nonsense Limerick 41 by Edward Lear
There was a Young Lady whose nose,
Was so long that it reached to her toes;
So she hired an Old Lady,
Whose conduct was steady,
To carry that wonderful nose.