A Probe Into the Metaphors in English Poetry
Comments on English Poetic Metaphors
ABSTRACT
The painters keep the scenery on the drawing board via pigment while the poets create the feeling of grace and depth via metaphors. Metaphor is a commonly-used figure of speech both in English and Chinese poems. With metaphor, poems become vivid, colourful, artistic and moving. The use of metaphors in English poems shows the nature and culture factors are quite influential in literature works. Nowadays, metaphor is more and more being concerned as an important subject of cognitive science. The thesis analyzes the usage of metaphor in English poems through many aspects, concerns about how the poets express their feelings and thoughts with metaphor, and talks about some theory of cognitive science through the study of metaphor, showing the importance of English poetic metaphors.
Keywords: metaphor; figure of speech; English poem; nature and culture; cognitive science; feelings and thoughts
CONTENTS
Introduction 1
Chapter One A Brief Review of Metaphor 2 1.1. The Definition of Metaphor 2 1.2. Theoretical Study of Metaphor 2 1.2.1 The Comparison Theory……………………………………………………….3 1.2.2 The Substitution Theory……………………………………………………….4 1.2.3 The Interaction Theory………………………………………………………...4 1.2.4 The Cognitive Theory.
Chapter Two Metaphor in English Poetry 5 2.1. The Importance of Metaphor in English Poetry 5 2.2. The Use of Metaphor in English Poems 5 2.2.1 The Metaphor of Death in English Poems…………………………………….5 2.2.2 The Basic Factors of Metaphors in English Poems are Shaped………..……7
Chapter Three Different Types of Metaphor in English Poetry 9 3.1. Object-Only Metaphor 9 3.2. Image-only Metaphor 9 3.3 Object, Image and Sense Metaphor……………………………………9 3.4 Object and Image Metaphor…………………………………………..10
Conclusion 11
Works Cited 12
Acknowledgements 13
Introduction
The research on metaphor has a long history
ABSTRACT
The painters keep the scenery on the drawing board via pigment while the poets create the feeling of grace and depth via metaphors. Metaphor is a commonly-used figure of speech both in English and Chinese poems. With metaphor, poems become vivid, colourful, artistic and moving. The use of metaphors in English poems shows the nature and culture factors are quite influential in literature works. Nowadays, metaphor is more and more being concerned as an important subject of cognitive science. The thesis analyzes the usage of metaphor in English poems through many aspects, concerns about how the poets express their feelings and thoughts with metaphor, and talks about some theory of cognitive science through the study of metaphor, showing the importance of English poetic metaphors.
Keywords: metaphor; figure of speech; English poem; nature and culture; cognitive science; feelings and thoughts
CONTENTS
Introduction 1
Chapter One A Brief Review of Metaphor 2 1.1. The Definition of Metaphor 2 1.2. Theoretical Study of Metaphor 2 1.2.1 The Comparison Theory……………………………………………………….3 1.2.2 The Substitution Theory……………………………………………………….4 1.2.3 The Interaction Theory………………………………………………………...4 1.2.4 The Cognitive Theory.
Chapter Two Metaphor in English Poetry 5 2.1. The Importance of Metaphor in English Poetry 5 2.2. The Use of Metaphor in English Poems 5 2.2.1 The Metaphor of Death in English Poems…………………………………….5 2.2.2 The Basic Factors of Metaphors in English Poems are Shaped………..……7
Chapter Three Different Types of Metaphor in English Poetry 9 3.1. Object-Only Metaphor 9 3.2. Image-only Metaphor 9 3.3 Object, Image and Sense Metaphor……………………………………9 3.4 Object and Image Metaphor…………………………………………..10
Conclusion 11
Works Cited 12
Acknowledgements 13
Introduction
The research on metaphor has a long history
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