Metaphor and Interdiscursivity in J. S. Anand's Beyond Life! Beyond Death!!

The present paper analyzes poetic metaphor and interdiscursivity in the poems of J. S. Anand's Beyond Life! Beyond Death!! The main argument of the paper is that poetic metaphor bears the poet's ideological perspective. This analysis aims at unraveling the contextual roots of poetic metaphor, hence a cognitive linguistic approach. By drawing a link between poetic metaphor and interdiscursivity, the paper shows the poet's reliance on different discourses for the sake of creativity. It is argued there is a dialogical relation between the poet and the different interpellating discourses of his society. This dialogism sheds a new light on the stance of the poet, hence the issue of ideology. The theoretical method of this study is a mixed one of George Lakoff and Mark Johnson's conceptual cognitive linguistics and basic notions of critical discourse analysis. This interdisciplinary lens fills in the gap of either theory when applied to poetry. In Anand's poetry, such poetic strategies as depersonification in the form of bodification and thingification are the dominant tactics which impregnate his poetic metaphors with his critical views. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]