A Stylistic Analys of Poem Leisure

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Journal of Literature, Languages and Linguistics ISSN 2422-8435 An International Peer-reviewed Journal Vol.7, 2015 www.iiste.org A Stylistic Analysis of William Henry Davies’ Leisure Sidra Hanif M. Phil Scholar, University of Sargodha Women Campus Faisalabad Pakistan sh_1370@outlook.com Mumtaz Ahmed Lecturer in English, Govt. Postgraduate College of Science Faisalabad Pakistan Maria Aftab Department of English University of Sargodha Women Campus Faisalabad Pakistan ABSTRACT This paper aims to analyze William Henry Davies’ poem Leisure from the perspective of stylistic analysis. The analysis made under the level of graphological, syntactical, semantic and phonological patterns. This analysis is helpful in understanding the basic concept of poem that how modern man has made himself the slave of worldly pursuits, ignoring the beautiful objects of nature and making his life miserable. Keywords: Style, Stylistics, Leisure, Phonological level, Graphological level, Morphological level, Lexicosyntactical level INTRODUCTION Every writer’s works can have a great influence on fore coming literary works. Even though their purpose is the same, i.e. revelation of truth about life and human nature, the ways they express ideas differ from author to author. That means, all authors put works together uniquely to fit the specific conditions in specific words. Therefore, stylistic analysis may contribute to any one in literature: authors, critics, literature teachers, and students in identifying those uniquely put works of a certain author. The writer’s strength can be adopted and his weakness can be a lesson learned. Thus, stylistic analysis of Leisure by William Henry Davies is the main focus of study in this regard. According to Simpson (2004), the development of stylistics has begun from the classical period. To find a model of language in a discourse
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