Garrett Stewart
Abstract
This article examines the concept of diction in Victorian poetry. It begins by providing three examples that illustrate over a century of word use in poetry, from Romantic to modernist. The discussions then turn to poetic diction, choice of words, lexical engineering, syllabic distribution, doubled diction, split diction, spliced diction, and slipped diction.
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This article examines the concept of diction in Victorian poetry. It begins by providing three examples that illustrate over a century of word use in poetry, from Romantic to modernist. The discussions then turn to poetic diction, choice of words, lexical engineering, syllabic distribution, doubled diction, split diction, spliced diction, and slipped diction.
Key concepts: Diction, Syllabic verse, Poetry, Romance, Literature, Linguistics, Philosophy, Art