MetaphorinContemporary English Poetry A Syntactic-SemanticAnalysis and its Description in Selected Poems

Abstract

English Abstract The present study is of a descriptive nature. It aims at identifying the different types of the metaphor,analyzing the metaphor from syntactic and semantic perspective,identifying the syntactic structure and behavior of the metaphor andidentifying the semantic peculiarities of the metaphor.

Due to these aims, the studyraises different questions to be the axial of the research and to direct the study towards particular findings. In the light of these questions, the study examines differenthypotheses.The study uses the test, interview and observation as instruments to fulfill its requirements.

Concerning the scientific foundation, the study presents ten different theories relevant to the concept of the metaphor and nine different previous studieshandle this concept from different points of view.The studyfollows the descriptive model in collecting the dataand in describing the metaphor manifest in the selected poems. To get accurate results, the study analyses the data by using the SPSS programme (Statistical Package for Social Sciences).

Syntactically, the study analysesthe metaphor in terms of its structure and behavior while semantically, the study analyses itin terms of its meaning due to different models.The study also offers its relation to other concepts such as pragmatic, syntagmatic, etc. The study also discusses the points of view of some specialists in terms of recognition and interpreting of the metaphor as well.Furthermore, the study presents a descriptive view for the metaphor manifest in the selected English poems in terms of its type, frequency, the two compared objects and its function in the poem.

Finally, the study displays theconclusions to which the procedures reach. These conclusions are mainly answering the questions, confirming the hypotheses and fulfilling the aims.As for recommendations, the study recommends different criteria to be depended to exceed the problem of recognizing, interpreting and presenting the metaphor. The study also suggests different suggestions for further studies.