Linguistic Analysis of Poems by Emily Dickinson
INTRODUCTION
Linguistic Analysis deals with the scientific analysis or study of language. It includes at the very least one of the five branches of linguistics: Phonology, Morphology, Semantics, Syntax and Pragmatics. Linguistic Analysis can be used to determine the historical connection between distinct languages from different locations of the world. But the fact that languages can vary vastly depending upon the region, and hence accurately defining a language can be a tough task.
A careful inspection of the poems by Emily Dickinson reveals a prominent degree of interrelatedness with their morphologic, phonologic, syntactic and semantic level.
The meaning of the poem is tied to its sounds , shapes and the grammatical interrelations lying in the realm of lexical items, if true, would result in the positive intuitiveness of the reader.
CONTENT
Initially, both the poems …show more content…
The adverbial phrase “by the dead” seems simplistic. A perturbing tone emanates from the word “we” in the line, since it depicts universality rather than a peculiar and subjective case. The poet conjoins antithetical responses to death—frivolousness and despondence.
Another peculiar construction case of Poem 'As by the dead we love to sit' is the noun phrase “penurious eyes”(8). The pairing of the adjective ‘penurious’ is done with an inanimate object instead of an animate one. The semantic contrast is initiated on the basis of “wealth” vs “poverty”.
Through the above establishment, one may concur that the word “penurious” has another semantic meaning which is “destitute” or “poor”.
However, another semantic meaning that occurs stems from the profoundly articulated attempt to hold on to that which has been
INTRODUCTION
Linguistic Analysis deals with the scientific analysis or study of language. It includes at the very least one of the five branches of linguistics: Phonology, Morphology, Semantics, Syntax and Pragmatics. Linguistic Analysis can be used to determine the historical connection between distinct languages from different locations of the world. But the fact that languages can vary vastly depending upon the region, and hence accurately defining a language can be a tough task.
A careful inspection of the poems by Emily Dickinson reveals a prominent degree of interrelatedness with their morphologic, phonologic, syntactic and semantic level.
The meaning of the poem is tied to its sounds , shapes and the grammatical interrelations lying in the realm of lexical items, if true, would result in the positive intuitiveness of the reader.
CONTENT
Initially, both the poems …show more content…
The adverbial phrase “by the dead” seems simplistic. A perturbing tone emanates from the word “we” in the line, since it depicts universality rather than a peculiar and subjective case. The poet conjoins antithetical responses to death—frivolousness and despondence.
Another peculiar construction case of Poem 'As by the dead we love to sit' is the noun phrase “penurious eyes”(8). The pairing of the adjective ‘penurious’ is done with an inanimate object instead of an animate one. The semantic contrast is initiated on the basis of “wealth” vs “poverty”.
Through the above establishment, one may concur that the word “penurious” has another semantic meaning which is “destitute” or “poor”.
However, another semantic meaning that occurs stems from the profoundly articulated attempt to hold on to that which has been