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Q: Literary / poetic device ( No Answer,   1 Comment )
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Subject: Literary / poetic device
Category: Arts and Entertainment > Music
Asked by: slatan-ga
List Price: $2.00
Posted: 07 Apr 2004 10:54 PDT
Expires: 07 May 2004 10:54 PDT
Question ID: 326678
What is the literary device used in the following lyric:
"Mississippi Queen, you know what I mean"?  This lyric makes the
assumption that the listener knows what the singer "means". I've
checked many of the links provided on
http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/hum60.00.00/
to no avail.
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Subject: Re: Literary / poetic device
From: ipfan-ga on 07 Apr 2004 11:12 PDT
 
Are you thinking of "implication?"  The song implies that the listener
knows to what is being referred, i.e., that the "Mississippi Queen" is
promiscuous/beautiful/a Southern belle/all of the above.  When the
listener draws the intended meaning, the listener has "inferred"
correctly.

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