The Last Leaf by . It’s extremely remarkable story so lively and touching. There is so much vital energy, mutual respect and deep faith. Many writers wasted tons of paper trying to convey to us some thoughts and ideas. But O. Henry in a few pages revealed to us a life story and made it so easy and memorable. | Also in order to convey the mood, the state of the main characters, the whole condition of the story and paying attention to the details O. Henry makes use of such stylistic devices as: rhetorical question: “Vy do you allow dot silly pusiness to come in der brain of her?”; “What have old ivy leaves to do with your getting well?”. Antonomasia: “Mr. Pneumonia”. Climax: “But I think you are a horrid old - old flibbertigibbet”. Metonymy: “Three days ago there were almost a hundred. It made my head ache to count them. But now it's easy. There goes another one. There are only five left now”; “ people have of lining-up on the side of the undertaker”. “Then they imported some pewter mugs and a chafing dish or two from Sixth Avenue, and became a 'colony.'”. Ellipsis: “Leaves. On the ivy vine. When the last one falls I must go, too”; “Paint? - bosh!”. Emphatic structure: “there yet stood out against the brick wall one ivy leaf.”. Inversion: “Still dark green near its stem, with its serrated edges tinted with the yellow of dissolution and decay, it hung bravely from the branch some twenty feet above the ground.”. Detachment:“Leaves. On the ivy vine.”.
