VI. The syntactical level:

Синтаксис, помимо общей сложности структур (длина предложения, придаточные, обособления), отмечен использованием инверсии: ten thousands saw I at a glance, где легко угадывается гипербола.

VIII. The message:

Идейное содержание текста приводит к более широкому обобщению: перед нами концептуальная метафора, построенная по модели happiness is singing and dancing. По-прежнему находясь в одиночестве, в конце стихотворения поэт испытывает тихую радость, вспоминая увиденные им танцующие прекрасные цветы.

Детальный анализ некоторых наиболее ярких и легко узнаваемых студентами стилистических приемов (тропов) позволяет подготовить вдумчивого читателя, умеющего внимательно читать произведения и, опираясь на языковые стилистически значимые явления, черпать информацию «между строк».

Образец выполнения финальной контрольной работы

“in time of daffodils” by e.e. cummings

Read the poem by the famous American avant-garde poet e.e. cummings (1894-1962)

in time of daffodils(who know

the goal of living is to grow)

forgetting why, remember how

in time of lilacs who proclaim

the aim of waking is to dream,

remember so (forgetting seem)

in time of roses (who amaze

our now and here with paradise)

forgetting if, remember yes

in time of all sweet things beyond

whatever mind may comprehend,

rememeber seek (forgetting find)

and in a mystery to be

(when time from time shall set us free)

forgetting me, remember me

2. Analyse the given poetic text according to the plan.

Analysis of the poem ''in time of daffodils'' by e.e. cummings

I. INTRODUCTION: ''in time of daffodils'' is a wonderful poem by an outstanding American poet e.e. cummings. It strikes us by its eccentric punctuation which is quite typical of this poet. We know that e.e. cummings was fond of experimenting with the form as he tried to find a new way to write on old subjects. In general e.e. cumming's themes may be called quite traditional. They are: nature, friendship and, of course, love. ''in time of daffodils'' is a lyric poem about love as well: cummings as if contemplates his own love for his addressee and their relaionships. The poet tells us his intimate thoughts about love and eternity.

II. STUCTURE: This poem is well structured and consists of 5 stanzas represented by 3 lines each.

III. THE PHONETIC LEVEL: The metrical pattern is iambic tetrameter, which is the leading one throughout the whole poem. There are still a lot of modifications in the meter, for example, the pyrrhic foot in the first and the second lines of each stanza. The rhyming pattern is as follows: AAA BBB CCC DDD EEE. There is an incomplete consonant rhyme (stanzas 1-4) and an incomplete assonant rhyme in stanza 5; in the first stanza lines 2 and 3 represent eye-rhyme. The male complete rhyme goes throughout the poem but line 2 in stanza 3 is dactylic.

As for instrumenting: we notice the assonance of the sound [ai] in time, lilacs, find; [ei] in proclaim, aim; [e] in remember, fogetting and the consonance of the sound [l] in, goal, living, lilacs, proclaim, as well as [n] in mind, comprehend. Still the major consonance is of the sound [m] in me, remember (forgetting me, remember me), which is a case of indirect onomatopoeia. It is possible to conclude that the sound [m] stands for “Mind”.

We can also face several cases of run-on lines.