Stylistic Analysis Of A Poem “The Garden” By Andrew Marvell

Abstract

The purpose of the research article is to analyze the selected poem of Andrew Marvell from a point of view of stylistic. The stylistic analysis is done under three levels and points of language, such as phonological, morphological, and semantic. The first is the phonological level of language, in which the researchers have focused on three main literary devices, i.e., alliteration, assonance, and consonance. Second is morphological level of language; the focus has been on prefixes and suffixes. The last level, which is the semantic level of language, main focus has been on exploring metaphors, imagery, and symbolism in the poem “The Garden." These features have more connections with each other which has been found in the poem of Marvel. These features help in exploring the literal meaning and hidden meaning in the context. The current research is very helpful to the readers and the audience for understanding of the concept which the Marvell want to convey to the readers. The poem helps in differentiating the common language of the daily use and the poetic language used by Marvell. Marvell has unique way of using diction to gain the attention of the readers and use different literary devices to maintain the versatile writing style.