Apocope (rhetoric)

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An apocope ( Greek  ἀποκοπή , cut off ',' omission ') is in rhetoric and verse the omission of a sound or a syllable at the end of a word for euphonic or metrical reasons or to improve the rhythm of speech. In German, such an omission very often affects an ending -e, for example in the sentence “I am not being fooled!” As a rhetorical figure , the apocope belongs to the group of metaplasms .

For apokope as part of language change, see Apokope (Linguistics) .

Examples:

"You talk just like Hans Liederlich
The desire any love Blum for themselves,
And dünkelt him it would not honor
and favor, do not pick would be !"

- Johann Wolfgang Goethe : Faust I . 2628-2631

“And the rotten blue halo
Light on our face.
A rat hops on its bare toe,
come on, we won't disturb your hunger. "

- Georg Heym : The Morgue. 1911

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