Concerning the Subject of Phonosthemes and Consonance in Algernon Charles Swinburne’s Poetry
Anahtar Kelimeler:
combinations, consonants, phonestheme, prosody, semantic characteristics, sound-meaning relations, visual images.Özet
The study of sound symbolism is a very important problem in modern linguistics. There is an obvious connection between the two sides of a linguistic sign. Sound symbolism is an objective reality based on the connections between sensations across modalities, especially between visual and sensory ones. Linguistic representatives of sound symbolism are phonesthemes – fixed sound combinations, consisting, as a rule, of several phonemes and specific to a particular language. Phonesthemes evoke objective associations between the sound of words and the properties of objects named by these words. These associations are common to all speakers of a given language. The purpose of this article is to explore phonesthemes and consonances in the poetry of Algernon Charles Swinburne on the interaction between sound and meaning, as well as the role of phonological repetition in the development of lyrical intensity, mood, and image. The main function of creating auditory images is of paramount importance in poetry, and phonemic analysis serves as an effective criterion for assessing the quality of a poetic work. Swinburne studies the specific associations caused by the correspondences between the aesthetic sound of the poem and its content. To solve this problem, we used the method of linguopoetic text analysis. This method helped to come to some conclusions. The findings of the research are that, based on the analysis of several selected poems, the patterns of the use of phonostemics – sound units with associative meaning — and their interaction with literary techniques such as alliteration, internal rhyme, and size are considered. The authors conclude that the research sheds light on the sound mastery of Swinburne's poetry and complements broader discussions about sound symbolism and poetic form in Victorian literature by combining linguistic and literary analysis.
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