FUNCTIONS OF LANGUAGE AND ELEMENTS OF POETRY.

Generally, art is said to be subjective and each person's approach to and perception of it is a valid one although it may be different. Many poetic features belong not only to the science of language but also to the whole theory of signs, that is, to general semiotics. At the same time, poetry has some distinctive features that differentiate it from other forms of discourse. This statement, however, is valid not only for verbal art but also for all varieties of language since language shares many properties with some other systems of signs or even with all of them. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]