Keywords
Noumenon
Simile body
English poetry
Submitted : 2024-09-02
Accepted : 2024-09-17
Published : 2024-10-02
Abstract
This paper takes English poetry as the object of study and examines the application of metonymy in English poetry. This paper focuses on the development of the definition of metonymy. According to the historical development of English poetry, this paper probes into the application of metonymy in the representative works of English poetry in different periods.
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