A Stylistic Analysis of Robert Frost’s Poem “The Runway”

Isra Mumtaz; Fatima tuz  Zahra

Authors

Isra Mumtaz Minhaj University Lahore
Fatima tuz Zahra Minhaj University, Lahore, Pakistan

Keywords:

Stylistic analysis, Phonological level, Graphological level, Model of Reality, writer and reader domain

Abstract

The aim of the present study is to analyse the stylistic features of Robert Frost's “The Runway." This article seeks to identify the poet's aesthetic choices by examining the text’s use of various literary devices and stylistic elements. The theoretical framework used for the present study is the “Model of Reality” by Leech & Short (1981). Leech and Short identify four basic levels for analyzing text, but the present study focused on only two phonological and graphological levels. Thus, in this article, the researcher has done a stylistic analysis of “The Runway” by Robert Frost. This research addresses three research questions. The study investigates how to analyse the meaning of the poem through the use of language features, what aspects of reality are highlighted in the poem, and how to find out the reader and writer domains. Because of the poet's adaptable writing style and creative use of language, Robert Frost's poetry stands out from the crowd and is able to capture readers' attention. There is not any research on the stylistic analysis of this poem; that’s why the researcher chose it. The text's combination of phono-graphic elements soothes the senses of sight and sound while also appealing to readers' aesthetic senses. The stylistic analysis explains the reader and writer domains, how the poet encodes the language by using several punctuation and repetitions of sounds, and how the reader decodes the language to trace out the truth in the poem.

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