Apostrophe

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  • compound complex
    compound complex

    The lyrics to the song, "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star," are an example of apostrophe (not an apostrophe). Learn something new every day!

    Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
    How I wonder what you are.
    Up above the world so high,
    Like a diamond in the sky.

    When the blazing sun is gone,
    When he nothing shines upon,
    Then you show your little light,
    Twinkle, twinkle, all the night.

    Then the traveler in the dark,
    Thanks you for your tiny spark,
    He could not see which way to go,
    If you did not twinkle so.

    In the dark blue sky you keep,
    And often through my curtains peep,
    For you never shut your eye,
    Till the sun is in the sky.

    As your bright and tiny spark,
    Lights the traveler in the dark.
    Though I know not what you are,
    Twinkle, twinkle, little star.

    Twinkle, twinkle, little star.
    How I wonder what you are.
    Up above the world so high,
    Like a diamond in the sky.

    Twinkle, twinkle, little star.
    How I wonder what you are.
    How I wonder what you are.
  • TheWonderofYou
  • OrphanCrow
    OrphanCrow

    The Bible's most famous/wellknown apostrophe:

    Matthew 6:9-13

  • Diogenesister
    Diogenesister

    Idiot who can't tell the difference between a comma and an apostrophe.

  • JRK
    JRK

    "The crux of the biscuit is the apostrophe." - FZ

    JK

  • jp1692
  • OrphanCrow
    OrphanCrow

    (as per our prior discussion concerning "apostrophe", Coco)

    Apostrophe as an utterance:

    The orator "turns away" from the audience and addresses an inaminate object - as in..."O death" or..."O God", etc

    Apostrophe in this sense is a "turning away"

    Apostrophe as a mark:

    The symbol ' stands in for that which is not said. It signifies that part of speech which is "left out". That which is not uttered. Left out, not communicated by anything other than a "mark"

    Which then leads, logically, to "apostate"

    The one who has "turned away". The one who has no utterance.

    "Turned away" and "left out"

    We are apostrophes. We are marked.

  • compound complex
    compound complex

    Thanks, everyone, for your enlightening comments. Interesting how the root means turning away from, as I recall (see OC's detailed description).

    Excellent points, all!

    Gratefully,

    CC

  • compound complex
    compound complex

    Poets may apostrophize a beloved, the Muse, God, love, time, or any other entity that can't respond in reality. (trouble posting link: grammarist.com)

  • compound complex
    compound complex
    In poetry, an apostrophe is a figure of speech in which the poet
    addresses an absent person, an abstract idea, or a thing. Apostrophes
    are found throughout poetry, but they’re less common since the early
    20th century. Poets may apostrophize a beloved, the Muse, God, love,
    time, or any other entity that can’t respond in reality.

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