Visual Poetics and Graphological Deviations: A Critical Study of Style in Selected Poems of William Wordsworth
The present study aims to analyze Graphological deviations as a form of visual poetics in two selected poems by William Wordsworth. The study in hand is descriptive and qualitative where the close reading and critical stylistic analysis of texts is done through the lens of Jeffries' (2010) framework of Critical Stylistics. The primary focus of the study is on how Graphological features such as punctuation, line arrangement, and capitalization contribute to the construction of the thematic meaning of the chosen texts. The results of the analysis showed that the poems are not only an epitome of Wordsworth's eulogizing of nature but the simplicity of expression and rural poetic diction work together to establish universal themes of beauty, solitude, innocence of childhood and sacredness of pastoral life through their visual-textual composition. This study offers insights into stylistic expressions and provides a useful model for literary interpretation in ESL contexts.
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(1) Ezzah Shakil
Lecturer, Department of English Linguistics, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan
(2) Muhammad Hanzallah
Lecturer English, Department of Social Sciences, KBCMA College of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Narowal, Punjab, Pakistan.
(3) Maria Batool
Visiting Faculty, Department of English Linguistics, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA : Shakil, E., Hanzallah, M., & Batool, M. (2025). Visual Poetics and Graphological Deviations: A Critical Study of Style in Selected Poems of William Wordsworth. Global Social Sciences Review, X(I), 201-207. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2025(X-I).18
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CHICAGO : Shakil, Ezzah, Muhammad Hanzallah, and Maria Batool. 2025. "Visual Poetics and Graphological Deviations: A Critical Study of Style in Selected Poems of William Wordsworth." Global Social Sciences Review, X (I): 201-207 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2025(X-I).18
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HARVARD : SHAKIL, E., HANZALLAH, M. & BATOOL, M. 2025. Visual Poetics and Graphological Deviations: A Critical Study of Style in Selected Poems of William Wordsworth. Global Social Sciences Review, X, 201-207.
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MHRA : Shakil, Ezzah, Muhammad Hanzallah, and Maria Batool. 2025. "Visual Poetics and Graphological Deviations: A Critical Study of Style in Selected Poems of William Wordsworth." Global Social Sciences Review, X: 201-207
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MLA : Shakil, Ezzah, Muhammad Hanzallah, and Maria Batool. "Visual Poetics and Graphological Deviations: A Critical Study of Style in Selected Poems of William Wordsworth." Global Social Sciences Review, X.I (2025): 201-207 Print.
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OXFORD : Shakil, Ezzah, Hanzallah, Muhammad, and Batool, Maria (2025), "Visual Poetics and Graphological Deviations: A Critical Study of Style in Selected Poems of William Wordsworth", Global Social Sciences Review, X (I), 201-207
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TURABIAN : Shakil, Ezzah, Muhammad Hanzallah, and Maria Batool. "Visual Poetics and Graphological Deviations: A Critical Study of Style in Selected Poems of William Wordsworth." Global Social Sciences Review X, no. I (2025): 201-207. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2025(X-I).18