TOPICVALUE OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

NAME: JANKIBA K. RANAPAPER NO: 7

LITERARY THEORY & CRITICISMM.A. SEM – II ROLL NO: 09

YEAR 2014-2015SUBMITTED TO:

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISHMAHARAJA KRISHNAKUMARSINHJI

BHAVNAGAR

WHAT IS LANGUAGE?

Language is the most important aspects in the life of all beings.

We use language to express inner thought and emotions, make sense of

complex and abstract thought, to learn to communicate with others, to fulfil

our wants and need, as well as to establish rules and maintain our culture.

LANGUAGE ACCORDING TO RICHARDS:

According to him ,a poet writes to communicate and language is the

means of that communication.

Language is made of words, and hence a study of words is all

important if we are to understand the meaning of a work of art.

To him, language of poetry is purely emotive, in its original primitive state.

Words in poetry have an emotive value, and the figurative language used

by poets coveys those emotions effectively and forcefully.

WHAT IS FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE?

Figurative language is the inclusive term for words that are used in ways

that depart conspicuously from their literal applications, so as to achieve

special meanings or effects.

Figurative language is used most often in poetry, but it is essential to all

literary genres, in VERSE or prose, as well as to ordinary discourse.

“Poetry is different from prose and needs a different attitude for right

understanding.”

Figurative language is usually divided in two broad classes:

Figures of thought

Figures of speech

VALUE OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE:

Poet use a figurative language, and this use of poetic figures poses a

number of difficult and interesting problems.

A proper understanding of poetry can be possible only when the demand

for accuracy and precision is combined with a recognition of the liberties

which are proper and value of figurative language.

LET SEE SOME CONCRETE EXAMPLES:

A health, a ringing health… The Fair Fox of Boston

THE FAIR FOX OF BOSTON:

Figurative language is almost used throughout the poem. The basic

techniques of figurative language which are used in the poem are:

Hyperbole, personification, metaphor, smile and symbolism.

LETS TAKE ONE OF THESE POEM THE FAIR FOX OF BOSTON

THANK YOU