What does crasis mean?
In rhetoric, crasis is the union of two or more words into one, often by omitting a vowel or by combining two words into a single word. It is used to create a more forceful or emphatic effect.
Example
"The poet used crasis to create a powerful image in the line 'darkness falls'."
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