Thursday, July 17, 2014

Tautology ... Out!

Today's word is "tautology" ... needless repetition of an idea, especially in words other than those of the immediate context, without imparting additional force or clearness, as in "widow woman." An instance of such a repetition.

Out!
He said, "Leave this place! Get out! Be gone!
Take a break, I'm tired of you!
Just disappear. Go through the door.
And please come back no more!

If I didn't know better, I would think
His rage tautological.
I really wish the words he threw,
Had been more theological.

Anne Selleck
Copyright 2014


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