Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Literariness Marks
Literariness Marks
Poetic function
“You live in my dream state
Relocate my fantasy
I stay in reality
You live in my dream state
Any time I count sheep
That’s the only time we make up, make up
You exist behind my eyelids, my eyelids
Now I don’t wanna wake up” -Tyler, the creator (2017)
Multi-meaning or polysemy
A world record.
Record it!
Syntax
The boy ran hurriedly.
Hurriedly, the boy ran.
Accurate vocabulary
“A few years later it happened that a king's son was riding through the forest. As he approached
the tower, he heard a song so beautiful that he stopped to listen. It was Rapunzel, who was
passing the time by singing with her sweet voice. The prince wanted to climb up to her, and looked
for a door in the tower, but none was to be found.” – Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm (1857)
Rhetorical figures
“You’re just like an angel
Your skin makes me cry
But I’m a creep
I’m a wierdo
What am I doing here?
I don’t belong here
I don’t
Belong” – Radiohead (1993)
References
Literary Language Literary language: words that do not deviate from their defined
meaning. Examples: ◦ - The podium is brown. ◦ -We drove to school this. (s/f).
https://slideplayer.com/slide/8782472/
https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-differences-between-polysemy-and-
hyponymy-with-examples
Kittelstad, K., & M. A. Education. (s/f). Syntax in literature: Examples & usage.
de https://www.yourdictionary.com/articles/syntax-literature-examples
https://sites.pitt.edu/~dash/grimm012.html