Foregrounded Aspects in Dylan Thomas' Especially When the October Wind: A Stylistic Analysis

Abstract

In Thomas' poetry, vivid imagery and linguistic features are crucial to understand literary value and appreciation of his poems. The study concentrates on one the most important poems, Especially When the October Wind for a detailed analysis. The study is important as it combines both foregrounding theory and the Checklist. The study seeks to find out how and why various linguistic features are available in the poem as well as the most frequent foregrounding aspects. Regarding this, the study employs qualitative descriptive analysis depending on stylistic analysis and foregrounding theory supplemented by Leech and Short's Checklist (2007). Eventually, the findings reveal that Thomas has used linguistic elements and foregrounding features systematically and coherently to convey significance and theme as well as relate content and form. Finally, the study ends with a conclusion and a list of references