The approach presented in this paper is concerned with meanings,emotions,unspeakable experiences,and the sound structure of poetry.Language is essentially conceptual.Poetry uses words to express feelings,emotions,expe...The approach presented in this paper is concerned with meanings,emotions,unspeakable experiences,and the sound structure of poetry.Language is essentially conceptual.Poetry uses words to express feelings,emotions,experiences.It is supposed to use conceptual language to convey nonconceptual experiences,not merely the concepts of those experiences.Poetic form does something to language that enables readers to detect some structural resemblance between the text and certain emotional experiences.This paper explores techniques by which conceptual language is turned into experiential language in poetry.The techniques explored are:Convergent and Divergent Poetry;Parallel Entities and Mood;Abstract and Concrete Nouns in Poetry;Abstraction Plus Deixis;The ABSTRACT of the CONCRETE;Synaesthesia.展开更多
文摘The approach presented in this paper is concerned with meanings,emotions,unspeakable experiences,and the sound structure of poetry.Language is essentially conceptual.Poetry uses words to express feelings,emotions,experiences.It is supposed to use conceptual language to convey nonconceptual experiences,not merely the concepts of those experiences.Poetic form does something to language that enables readers to detect some structural resemblance between the text and certain emotional experiences.This paper explores techniques by which conceptual language is turned into experiential language in poetry.The techniques explored are:Convergent and Divergent Poetry;Parallel Entities and Mood;Abstract and Concrete Nouns in Poetry;Abstraction Plus Deixis;The ABSTRACT of the CONCRETE;Synaesthesia.
