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15 Pages : 150-158

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2024(IX-III).15      10.31703/gssr.2024(IX-III).15      Published : Sep 2024

Stylistic Analysis of the poem “Wedding in the Flood" by Taufiq Rafat in the Perspective of Figurative Language

    The poem is arrhythmic and conveys the scenario of a wedding held in the period in which flood usually comes, concentrating on tiny pictorial details as witnessed by the sight of the folks became my selection for the stylistic analysis for several reasons. The aim of this paper is to analyze Taufiq Rafat's poem "Wedding in the Flood" from the viewpoint of stylistic analysis. This analysis is helpful in understanding the basic concept of poetry and complexity through figures of speech.  Not only is there complexity in the verses, but also, their confines are stylistic by concentrating on the figurative devices employed in the poem by the poet.

    Stylistics, Terms, Wedding in the Flood, Complexity of Verses, Figurative Devices
    (1) Muhammad Haris
    Graduate (English Language & Linguistics), School of Humanities, University of Westminster (Regent Campus), Central London, United Kingdom.

18 Pages : 201-207

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2025(X-I).18      10.31703/gssr.2025(X-I).18      Published : Mar 2025

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.

    Critical Stylistics, ESL Context, Graphological Deviations, Literary Interpretation, Thematic Meaning, Visual Poetics, Wordsworth
    (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.