Abstract
This study analyzed three of Niyi Osundare’s poems in the ‘Eye of the Earth’. We considered the syntactic patterns and semantic applications used in the selected poems to drive home the thematic pre-occupation of the poet. Hassan (1985) asserts that linguistic stylistics has its major purpose of relating language use in literary texts to its artistic function. The selected poems are Let Earth’s Pain Be Soothed , First Rain and Meet me at Okeruku . Linguistic Stylistic Analytical Framework is used for the analysis. Use of diction, meanings and figurative expressions of the poems were the focus. Result of the analysis revealed that to discuss the language of poetry is to reveal those stylistic features which conform to and deviate from the norms of the language of poetry. The analysis indicated that linguistic stylistics operates on some key concepts like deviation or foregrounding.
Highlights
The importance of linguistic stylistic for the study of Literature in English cannot be over-emphasized
We considered the syntactic patterns and semantic applications used in the selected poems to drive home the thematic pre-occupation of the poet
Hassan (1985) asserts that linguistic stylistics has its major purpose of relating language use in literary texts to its artistic function
Summary
The importance of linguistic stylistic for the study of Literature in English cannot be over-emphasized. Linguistics is defined as the scientific study of language. It employs objective and verifiable methods of analysis in analyzing and interpreting texts. Linguistic stylistic is an analytical approach used by scholars to objectively study both literary and non-literary texts and materials. Awonuga (1988) observes that one important advantage of linguistic stylistics for the study of literary texts is the opportunity it provides the readers to systematize their response to the various works of literature that they have cause to study. . Chapman (1973) believes that deviation occurs due to the fact that poets enjoy the poetic license to manipulate rules of grammar and conventions generally observed by users of the language.
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