Rhetorical Devices In Abraham Lincoln's Anaphoras

Delving into the substance of his piece, Lincoln utilizes a wide variety of rhetorical devices, specifically anaphoras, to heighten his speech’s effect on his listeners. From the second paragraph comes an anaphoric phrase, explaining the American position on the looming dispute that would become the Civil War, “All dreaded it, all sought to avert it.” Another in the third paragraph imparts how debilitated America had come from the dispute where Lincoln says, “Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away.” In both anaphoras, Lincoln speaks for the American people, both North and South, strengthening his credibility, by informing citizens that Lincoln shared and reflected their position of ending