Semantic Deviation in Selected Poems of Emily Dickinson

Poets have their own particular styles of writing in which the ordinary language is usedin a distorted way. this distortion is special because it makes their language a deviation whichhas poetic value and, accordingly, attracts the attention of the readers. in effect, a linguisticdeviation is an unexpected and irregular use of the conventional language. this paper aims atdiscussing the types of semantic deviation in seven selected poems by emily dickinson. thepresent paper attempts to answer the following questions: what kinds of semantic deviation canbe found in dickinson’s selected poems? how do they convey the poet's intended meaning inaccordance with her personal life? the analyses of the poems reveal that the transference ofmeaning, semantic oddity, and honest deception are the types of semantic deviations employedby the poet. the results also show that these deviations were influenced, to a great extent, bydickinson’s personal life, especially by the fact that she “inziled” or sequestered herself insideher own room. furthermore, one should not neglect the fact that all these tropes of semanticdeviation helped her create poems that, from an aesthetic viewpoint, possess the power to pleaseand make the readers ponder upon the themes dealt with in each one.