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Jackson6612 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

The antithesis of prose and verse

1 a (1) : the rhetorical contrast of ideas by means of parallel arrangements of words, clauses, or sentences (as in "action, not words" or "they promised freedom and provided slavery") (2) : opposition, contrast <the antithesis of prose and verse>

b (1) : the second of two opposing words, clauses, or sentences that are being rhetorically contrasted

I believe the "parallel" is an adjective. What sense of it fits here?
parallel (adjective):

What is the antithesis of prose and verse? Comedy?

What is that "the second"?

Please help me. It would be very kind of you. Thanks.
  

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Hi, 1 a (1) : the rhetorical contrast of ideas by means of parallel arrangements of words, clauses, or sentences (as in "action, not words" or "they promised freedom and provided slavery") (2) : opposition, contrast < the antithesis of prose and verse > b (1) : the second of two opposing words, clauses, or sentences that are being rhetorically contrasted I believe the "parallel" is an adjective. What sense of it fits here? parallel (adjective): 3c What is the antithesis of prose and verse?

— Clive

  • Hi, 1 a (1) : the rhetorical contrast of ideas by means of parallel arrangements of words, clauses, or sentences (as in "action, not words" or "they promised freedom and provided slavery") (2) : opposition, contrast < the antithesis of prose and verse > b (1) : the second of two opposing words, clauses, or sentences that are being rhetorically contrasted I believe the "parallel" is an adjective.
  • What sense of it fits here?
  • parallel (adjective): 3c What is the antithesis of prose and verse?
  • Comedy?
  • You misunderstand the phrase.
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Hi,
1 a (1) : the rhetorical contrast of ideas by means of parallel arrangements of words, clauses, or sentences (as in "action, not words" or "they promised freedom and provided slavery") (2) : opposition, contrast <the antithesis of prose and verse>

b (1) : the second of two opposing words, clauses, o
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Thank you, Clive.
CliveI believe the "parallel" is an adjective. What sense of it fits here?
parallel (adjective):
3c
3 c : having identical syntactical elements in corresponding positions; also : being such an element

"identical syntactical" - In the following sentence "freedom" and "slavery" occupy the identical (= corre
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Hi,

(missing image) Clive

“I believe the "parallel" is an adjective. What sense of it fits here?
parallel (adjective):
3c”
3 c : having identical syntactical elements in corresponding positions; also : bei
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Thanks a lot.
CliveYes, and they are both nouns.

They promised freedom and provided slavery.
"They" is subject, "promised" a verb, and "freedom" a noun, as you say. Is it an incomplete sentence? Where is the object, direct or indirect? Please guide me.
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Hi,

It's fine. The objects are 'freedom' and 'slavery'.

Clive
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Clive"identical syntactical" - In the following sentence "freedom" and "slavery" occupy the identical (= corresponding, equal) positions: both are grammatical 'objects'. Correct? Yes, and they are both nouns.
I thought you were correcting me in some way about "grammatical objects"?
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Hi,

No, I wasn't.

Clive
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Thanks for letting me know this. But you did use boldface; I thought you were stressing some point.
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Hi,

Yes, I just meant that 'parallel elements' do not have to be objects.
eg They could be subjectss, or verbs, or adjectives.

Clive
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Oh, okay. Thanks a lot.
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