Foregrounding and Interpretation in Poetry

Foregrounding and Interpretation This chapter answers the question: how the apparently unnatural, aberrant, even nonsensical, is justified by significance at some deeper level of interpretation?

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The ‘Warranty’ for a Deviation: A linguistic deviation is a disruption of the normal process of communication: it leaves a gap, as it were, in one’s comprehension of the text. The gap can be filled, and the deviation rendered significant, but only if by an effort of his imagination the reader perceives some deeper connection which compensates for the superficial oddity. Donne’s line (the Apparition) , Then the sky taper begin to wink contains two violations of literal meaningfulness. Two violations of literal meaningfulness ,[object Object],[object Object]

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Example ii: Another kind of deviation is illustrated in the unusual word-blend. e.g museyroom, wholebarrow, Gracehaper. Immediate warranty ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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