Linguistic Deviations are not Linguistic Blunders: The Study on Selected Poems of E. E. Cummings

Authors

  • UZMA KHALIL

Keywords:

Stylistic, Linguistic deviation, Leech, foregrounding

Abstract

This paper aims to ascertain the argument discussed by Leech (1969) that linguistic
deviations are not “linguistic blunder” on the part of the writer. It is a significant
foundation through which a poet creates poetic impression and conveys certain
“information of a kind” which is tagged to these deviations. The analysis has used two
poems of Edward Estlin Cummings (E. E. Cummings), “anyone lived in a pretty how
town” and “I have found what you are like”. The findings of all the deviation shows and
proves the significance of the deviations to create a poetic effect, hence , ascertaining
Leech’s argument.

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Published

2021-12-21

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1 (2016)

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