"A red red rose", the romantic verses in a poetic discourse analysis

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THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES

PHAM NGOC ANH

“A RED RED ROSE”, THE ROMANTIC VERSES

IN A POETIC DISCOURSE ANALYSIS.

(“ A Red Red Rose”, những vần thơ lãng mạn dưới lăng kính

phân tích diễn ngôn)

M.A. THESIS

Field: English Linguistics

Code: 8220201

THAI NGUYEN - 2019

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THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES

PHAM NGOC ANH

“A RED RED ROSE”, THE ROMANTIC VERSES

IN A POETIC DISCOURSE ANALYSIS.

(“ A Red Red Rose”, những vần thơ lãng mạn dưới lăng kính

phân tích diễn ngôn)

M.A. THESIS

(APPLICATION ORIENTATION)

Field: English Linguistics

Code: 8220201

Supervisor: CAO DUY TRINH (Ph.D)

THAI NGUYEN - 2019

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DECLARATION

I certify my authorship of the study report entitled:

“A Red Red Rose”, the romantic verses in a poetic discourse analysis.

In fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master of Arts.

Quang Ninh, September20 th2019

Trainee

Pham Ngoc Anh

This study was approved by:

GV hướng dẫn ký

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I am deeply indebted to a number of people for helping me to make this

M.A thesis possible. First and foremost, I would like to give thank to my

supervisor Dr. Cao Duy Trinh who deserves much of the credit not only for

encouraging, guiding and supporting me to finish this paper but also giving

me mental support from the beginning to the end. Only for his hearty

instructions that I could have completed my research paper on time.

I would like to sincerely thank the anonymous participants who

contributed data to this study. Without their outstanding cooperation, this

thesis would not have been done.

I would like to thank my family, especially my parents and my husband

for their constant source of love, support and encouragement in times of

difficulty and frustration.

Finally, I would like to thank my readers for their interests and comments on

this thesis.

While I am deeply indebted to all these people for their help to the fulfillment

of this thesis, I myself remain responsible for any inadequacies that are found

in this work.

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ABSTRACT

Different poets use different figurative words to make their poetry expressive

and intensive so that it may draw the attention of the readers at once. The purpose of

this analysis is to spotlight the implicature of this poem to the readers. This

discourse analysis will find out the truths or purposes behind the written words. The

poet has chosen ―The Red Rose‖ to compare with his dear lover and the rose,

therefore, can be the symbol of his love with romance, purity and innocence.

The poet has very artistically draws a picture of his profound love. He paints

this picture with intense emotions. The speaker compares his beloved with ―a red

rose‖ and ―sweet melody‖ to intensify his deep feelings for her. He addresses her,

proclaiming that his love will stay still until the seas dry up and the rocks melt with

the sun because his beloved is so adorable. For some reasons, he has to go far away

from her, but he promises to return even if he has to travel thousands of miles to

win her back. What enchants the reader is the metaphorical representation of love

through natural namely the sea and the sun.

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TABLE OF CONTENT

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION........................................................................... 1

1.2. Aims of the study............................................................................................. 3

1.3. Research question ............................................................................................ 3

1.4. Scope of the study............................................................................................ 3

1.5. Design of the study .......................................................................................... 4

CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW................................................................ 6

2.1. Robert Burns .................................................................................................... 6

2.2. Poetry ............................................................................................................... 9

2.3. Discourse analysis.......................................................................................... 12

2.3.1. Discourse................................................................................................. 12

2.3.2. Significance of discourse in literature .................................................... 13

2.3.3. Discourse analysis .................................................................................. 14

2.4. "Conherence" and "Cohesion"...................................................................... 17

2.5. Figurative Language....................................................................................... 19

2.5.1. Convey Meaning...................................................................................... 20

2.5.2. Promote a New Perspective .................................................................... 23

2.5.3. Similes..................................................................................................... 23

2.5.4. Metaphor................................................................................................. 27

2.6. Semantic analysis........................................................................................... 30

2.7. Syntactic Analysis.......................................................................................... 31

2.8. Romance in poetry ......................................................................................... 33

2.9. Rose as symbol of love in poem .................................................................... 34

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2.10 Previousa studies ...................................................................................... 39

2.11. Some definitions ................................................................................... 40

2.11.1 Stylistics ............................................................................................. 40

2.11.2 Poetry………………………………………………………………….40

CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY........................................................................ 44

3.1. Method of the study ....................................................................................... 44

3.2. Data collection instrument ............................................................................. 45

3.3. Data analytical method................................................................................... 45

CHAPTER 4: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS................................................ 47

4.1. An introduction of ―A Red, Red Rose‖.......................................................... 47

4.2. Literary features of ―A Red, Red Rose‖ ........................................................ 49

4.3. Discourse analysis of ―A Red, Red Rose‖ ..................................................... 51

4.3.1. First Stanza ............................................................................................. 53

4.3.2.Second Stanza........................................................................................... 53

4.3.3. Third Stanza ............................................................................................ 54

4.3.4. Fourth Stanza.......................................................................................... 54

4.4. Summary ........................................................................................................ 55

CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION ............................................................................. 57

5.1 Conclusion....................................................................................................... 57

5.2. Limitations ..................................................................................................... 61

5.3. Suggestions for the further studies................................................................. 61

REFERENCE........................................................................................................ 63