Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/15

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Subject: [Leica] synecdoche and how photographers practice poetry
From: Afterswift at aol.com (Afterswift@aol.com)
Date: Tue Mar 15 15:34:27 2005
 
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synecdoche --   figure of speech by which a part is put for the whole (as 
fifty sail for fifty ships), the whole for a part 

Dear Colleagues,

Virginia has provided us with a classic example of synecdoche in imagery. 
[Please don't ask me to pronounce it.] In poetry it's a very effective 
device. 
Poetry is essentially about imagery. Isn't it great to know there's a word 
for 
this type of image and creative thinking? The Greeks had a word for 
everything 
we would ever dream about. 

Bob
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