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Cognitive metaphorical analysis of several poems contributes toward a theory of literature that is descriptive, explanatory, theoretical, predictive, demonstrative, evaluative, and elegant.
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A cognitive poetics reading of the few poems discussed in this paper shows just how powerful the theory of cognitive poetics can be in capturing the power, the effect, and the relevance of poetry. Its power includes the ability to identify artistic forgery.
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This page is a summary of: Poetry and the scope of metaphor: Toward a cognitive theory of literature, De Gruyter,
DOI: 10.1515/9783110894677.253.
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