Word of the day

Exergasia – a figure of speech which exclusively consists in the repetition of the same thought, or idea in different words so as to emphasise a pressing idea; repetition of the same idea, changing either its words, its delivery, or the general treatment it is given; a form of parallelism where an idea is repeated and the way it is expressed changes.

Explaining or restating something you have just said using different words is a rhetorical technique known as EXERGASIA.

— Haggard Hawks 🦅 (@HaggardHawks) October 8, 2022

Milne muses

“Every piece of poetry has a music of its own which it is humming to itself as it goes along. Verses sing themselves into people’s heads and stay there for ever, so that even when they are alone and unhappy they have this music with them for company.” ~A.A.Milne pic.twitter.com/5lossbCdVQ

— A.A.Milne (@A_AMilne) September 21, 2022

Maya muses

"It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength." #MayaAngelou Happy #Hispanic and #Latinx Heritage Month! https://t.co/AbU7FVJUGl

— Maya Angelou (@DrMayaAngelou) October 2, 2022

Sunday soapbox

Sunday’s soapbox is yours to use as you will – within the bounds of decency and absence of defamation. You’re welcome to look back or forward, discuss issues of the moment, to pontificate, ponder or point us to something of interest, to educate, elucidate or entertain, amuse, bemuse or simply muse, but not abuse.

The way to right wrongs is to play the light of truth upon them. – Ida B. Wells-Barnett