Sharda, Praveen
(2018)
From stylistic analysis to interpretation: a
pedagogical illustration from K.K.
Daruwalla's 'Hawk'.
Language and Language Teaching, 7 (1).
pp. 25-29.
ISSN 2277-307X
Abstract
According to Widdowson (1992), "Poems are
uses of language and they can only be
understood as uses of language" (p. 10). The
language of poetry usually takes as its subject
matter, what is conventionally considered to be
common place, ordinary or even insignificant.
What is then significant about poetry is simply
the way language is used to reformulate in
unfamiliar terms the simple propositions
capturing the underlying mystery of the
commonplace. It is imaginative, insightful and
subtle thought which renders into poetic language
simple truisms such as "nature is beautiful" or
"love is a wonderful feeling". The language of
poetry thus brings into existence new or elusive
images of reality. This puts poetry on a pedestal
as it becomes an especially prestigious
discourse, different from the world of ordinary
affairs. The message contained in a poetic text
is the poet's perception, but it is meant for others
and thus of general significance. To understand
the message, readers must not only relate the
language of poetry to ordinary day to day
activities but also discover the deviations to
understand the meaning, the message or the
objective of the poet. To understand the
language of poetic communication or discourse,
the reader needs to interpret its language to
understand how it has been laden with certain
values, which make for a coherent world in the
context of that poem.
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