AN ANALYSIS OF USING STYLISTIC TOOLS IN TEACHING POETRY AT GRADUATE LEVEL

This research explores the idea of effectiveness of using stylistics tools in teaching poetry at Graduation level. The poems were selected from ‘A New Anthology of English Verse' compiled by “Kaneez Aslam”. This Anthology is the part of syllabus of Punjab University for Graduation. Only five poems were selected out of the book. The research analyzed the teaching of the poems through the use of stylistic tools with a view of making their meanings explicit. It is worth noting that stylistics, as a scientific discipline, is really beneficial to those who are teaching English; no matter whether English is their native, second or the foreign language. Not only the foreign students but also the native speakers of English language can benefit from stylistics especially the students of graduate level can learn linguistics besides literary competence. Nowadays, stylistics, as a branch of linguistics can help in having logical and scientific understanding of the literary texts.