The Circulation of Metaphor in Derek Walcott’s Poetry
In Walcott’s poetry, metaphor becomes flowing metamorphosis, not a set of stable analogies. Building on Romantic and Modernist precedents, Walcott adds two new features: the “leapfrogging” of metaphor, such that the vehicle of one generates the tenor of another, and a circular progression, wherein t...
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| Natura: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Lingua: | Anglais |
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Commonwealth Essays and Studies
2022
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| Accesso online: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Riassunto: | In Walcott’s poetry, metaphor becomes flowing metamorphosis, not a set of stable analogies. Building on Romantic and Modernist precedents, Walcott adds two new features: the “leapfrogging” of metaphor, such that the vehicle of one generates the tenor of another, and a circular progression, wherein the last vehicle in the series returns to the initial tenor. This circularity evokes Édouard Glissant’s “poetics of relation.” |
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