Investigating poetic Diction of Heroism in American and Sudanese Poetic

Abstract

This paper deals with the diction of heroism in the American and Sudanese modern poetry. It aims at finding out the difference between the diction of the American and Sudanese poetry of heroism. It uses content analysis to study the selected poetic works. The results indicate that the pretentious and laudatory dictions dominate the two types of poetry. The American poetry of heroism is more detached than the Sudanese poetry. While the American poetry of heroism is more moralistic than the Sudanese is, it is less emotional in contrast to the Sudanese poetry. Finally, the American and Sudanese poems of heroism equally tend to be passionate in a lesser number of poems