The cadence of counterbalance
This paper explores how political rhetoric draws from poetry. In particular, it focuses on the 'cadence of counterbalance,' namely the expression of an antithesis using alliteration. It is suggested that political rhetoric, at its most rousing and memorable, is poetical both because it dra...
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| Language: | English |
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Pusat Pengajian Bahasa dan Linguistik, FSSK, UKM,
2009.
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| Online Access: | Get fulltext |