Where the emphasis is independent of any contrast or comparison with other words or ideas, it is called absolute emphasis.
EXAMPLES. (35)
1. We praise thee, O God; we acknowledge thee to be the Lord.
2. Roll on, thou deep and dark blue Ocean—roll!
3. Arm, warriors, arm!
4. You know that you are Brutus, that speak this, Or, by the gods, this speech were else your last.
5. Hamlet. Saw, who?
Horatio. The king, your father.
Hamlet. The king, my father?
6. Strike—till the last armed foe expires;
Strike—for your altars and your fires;
Strike—for the green graves of your sites;
God, and your native land!
RELATIVE EMPHASIS. (35)
Where there is antithesis, either expressed or implied, the emphasis is called relative.