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Analysis of Tennyson’s Poems from the Perspective of Iconicity

Wen Li

Abstract


As one of the most outstanding poets of the Victorian period, Tennyson’s poems are beautiful and orderly in terms of rhyme, rich in terms of content and emotion. This paper selects some of Tennyson’s poems, and attempts to analyze them from the perspective of iconicity of image, diagram and metaphor respectively to explore Tennyson’s unique poetic linguistic form and his deep inner thoughts and emotions. The study shows that it is feasible to study Tennyson’s poetry based on the iconicity theory of cognitive linguistics, which further expands the theoretical scope of the study of Tennyson’s poetry.

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Iconicity; Tennyson; Poetry

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18686/ahe.v7i31.11535

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