Zeugmatic

A piece of prose incorporating examples of the following terms:

oxymoron, personification, simile, hyperbole, archaism, periphrasis, solecism, paranomasia, alliteration and epizeuxis

Does the seed prevent the flower or does the flower precede the seed? In the case of the ubiquitously populated interloping taraxacum officinale or, in short, dandelions, who cares? I see them as the starlings of the flora screaming ‘Spring!’ and spilling lurid yellows like fried eggs across the lawn. Yes, ‘Spring! Spring! Spring!’ they scream, these wild, defiant children, thrusting their fat, forked fingers down through the soil to the centre of the earth. From there they suck the fire from its core and pump it up to plump green buds whose tight-clenched fists hide in the grass and wait for silent soundings from below to spread their shredded, garish petals in a rash of yellow fever on the grass. They all offend. None are different to the rest and each will spawn ten trillion seeds that crave to ride the slightest breeze by any route to root.

oxymoron – silent soundings

personification – wild, defiant children

simile – like fried eggs

hyperbole – ten trillion seeds

archaism – prevent

periphrasis – ubiquitously populated interloping taraxacum officinale

solecism – None are different to

paranomasia – route to root

alliteration – fat, forked fingers

epizeuxix – Spring! Spring! Spring!