Overall, then, the poet has lavished considerable labour on this passage, adorning the gift-giving ceremony with bothlitotesand direct commentary.
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The pattern for earlylitoteswas to start with two words, mainly a positive and a negative connected by a particle.
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For the use of double negations or similar as understatements (not unappealing, not bad, etc.) seelitotes.
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Litotesis a form of understatement, always deliberate and with the intention of emphasis.
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Meiosis is the opposite of auxesis, and also sometimes used as a synonym forlitotes.
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Litotes, such as not bad, not much and you're not wrong, are also used, as are diminutives, which are commonly used and are often used to indicate familiarity.
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Rhetorically, this becomes the device oflitotes; it can be difficult to distinguishlitotesfrom pleonastic double negation, a feature which may be used for ironic effect.
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