Stylistic Analysis of Gerard Nolst Trenite's Poem "The Chaos"
Abstract
This research paper aims to scrutinize the masterful selection of over eight hundred words which are common for any foreigner to get stuck as they find it easy to follow the same pattern to pronounce those words, but instead get that there are exceptions, as in every language, that do not conform to the rules dictated by a discourse. Gerard Nolst Trenit�s poem, �The Chaos�, playfully lists these cases, picturing the reality of misunderstandings. On the other hand, it enriches the poem's content with an alternation of rhymes, rhythm, vocabulary, literary devices and multiple themes deriving from a general disorder. Using Geoffrey Leech's five levels of stylistic analysis-phonological, graphological, grammatical, lexical and thematic- this study examines every linguistic feature and literary device integrated in the poem. The analysis reveals that Trenit�s poem employs various rhyme schemes and types efficiently, as well as alliteration, combined rhythms, punctuation marks, syntactic inversion, enumeration, a range of vocabulary from colloquial to scientific, and several literary devices to expose the chaotic nature of English spelling and pronunciation. The study is conspicuously significant for linguists, students and new learners, to whom the issue of mispronunciation is still a universal challenge.
Keywords
stylistic analysis, five levels, pronunciation, figurative language
Authors
Irena SHEHU, Klea PJETRI
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