Diction and Foregrounding in Dylan Thomas’ “And Death Shall Have No Dominion”: A Stylistic Analysis

Hamad Ameen, Ziyad; Ahmad, Rawand

doi:10.24271/garmian.2023.10290

Diction and Foregrounding in Dylan Thomas’ “And Death Shall Have No Dominion”: A Stylistic Analysis

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Ziyad Hamad Ameen ¹

Rawand Ahmad ²

¹ Department of Education, College of Education, Salahaddin University, Kurdistan region of Iraq

² Department of Education, Faculty of Education, Tishk International University, Kurdistan region of Iraq

https://doi.org/10.24271/garmian.2023.10290

Abstract

There are various approaches to study literature from numerous perspectives. Considering analyzing poetry from stylistic viewpoint is a new trend in this context. For this reason, the aim of the present study is to seek the significance and relevance of stylistic approach to explicate and analyze poetry by using the theory of foregrounding with the supplement of the Checklist of Leech and Short. In this respect, the current study is utilizing one of the early poems of Dylan Thomas. Findings show that the poet exploited words carrying multiples meanings and explanations, however, when the researcher employs the theory, these variety of explications are more clarified. In addition, the results also show that parallelism and repetitions are dominant features in the poem which support meaning through their similarities and enriching the aesthetic value of the poem. The paper ends with list of references and further recommendations.

Keywords

Analysis

Approach

Death

Dylan

Literature

Stylistics

Thomas