This essay explores the connection between rhythm and imagery in three poems by Tomas Tranströmer. The poems are: “Ostinato”, “Alkaiskt” and “Preludium”. In the essay, an analysis of rhythm is combined with an analysis of imagery. The rhythmic analysis focuses on concepts like “verse”, “phrase” and “stressed” and “unstressed” syllables. The analysis of imagery focuses on such concepts as “simile”, “metaphor” and “symbol”. The essay uses these concepts to explore the connections between rhythm and imagery in the poems. The result of the research is that there are several ways in which rhythm and imagery interact in the three poems. They interact, for example, through a correspondence between rhythmic repetition and imagery of endless movement. The study ends by recommending that future analysis of Tranströmer's poetry should pay closer attention to the way that rhythm is used in his poems and the way it effects their meaning.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:su-199037 |
| Date | January 2016 |
| Creators | Edström, Johnny |
| Publisher | Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för kultur och estetik |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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