Sarcasm

Examples Help! What is the definition of Sarcasm?

How do you define Sarcasm? What is a Sarcasm? The word derives from the Greek word 'sarkazein' meaning "to tear flesh.". The definition of Sarcasm is as follows:

 

English Grammar & Terminology Definition of Sarcasm - a poetic device
Definition: A form of verbal irony, expressing sneering, scorning, contemptuous,  jesting, personal disapproval in the guise of praise of a person, a situation or thing.

Synonyms: Satire; irony; ridicule; taunt; gibe.

Definition of Sarcasm - a poetic device

Examples of Sarcasm in Literature, Poems & Poetry

Literature and Poems with Sarcasm examples can be found by the most famous poets and authors including Frost, Shakespeare and Byron:

  • "Thrift, thrift, Horatio! The funeral bak'd meats did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables." from Hamlet Act 1 Scene 2 where Hamlet's uncle and his mother are congratulated for their thriftiness, whilst also pointing out that the funeral was barely over, before the wedding began.
  • “Thou shalt believe in Milton, Dryden, Pope;
    Thou shalt not set up Wordsworth, Coleridge, Southey,
    Because the first is crazed beyond all hope,
    The second drunk, the third so quaint and mouthy;”
    Don Juan: Canto the First by Lord Byron
  • "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I —
    I took the one less traveled by,
    And that has made all the difference."
    from The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost
  • "I celebrate myself, and sing myself,
    And what I assume you shall assume,
    For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you"
    from Song of Myself, Part 1 by Walt Whitman

Examples Help! Use of Sarcasm in Poems & Poetry

Examples of Sarcasm can be found in many examples of the poem, poems or poetry. Famous poets use this figure of speech to convey and emphasize unusual and vivid images. The use of strong word association changes the mode of thought and adds variation, embellishment and adornment to literary works.

Examples Help - Figures of Speech - Sarcasm

In Figurative Language we use words in such a way that they differ somewhat from ordinary every-day speech and convey meanings in a more vivid and impressive manner. Figures, like Sarcasm make speech more effective, they beautify and emphasize it in Rhetoric which is the art of speaking and writing effectively. Figures of speech such as Sarcasm use word association to convey emotion and mood often in a non-literal sense.

Examples Help! Using Sarcasm

Figures of speech such as Sarcasm adds adornment, beautifies, colors, elegant variation, embellishment, embroidery, emphasis, exaggeration, exclamation, flourish, floweriness, irony, lushness and luxuriance to the English language. This page providing facts and info about Figures of Speech will help with the understanding of this subject.

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Sarcasm

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