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Diction1.Concrete&GeneralConcreteGeneralBearachildReproduceRoseFlowerDiaperyearsInfancy•Nomatterwhatdepthapoemhas,orhowprofounditsthoughtsare,itwillneedtocommunicatethemthroughphysicaldetailsandsolidobjects.•Particularity/Individualityisahighlyvaluedqualityinpoetry.2.Formal&Informal----Fourlevelsofusageaccordingtothedegreeofformality:•VulgateEnglish通俗英语•ColloquialEnglish口语英语•GeneralEnglish通用英语•FormalEnglish正式英语3.Denotation&Connation----Poetryisespeciallygoodatexploitingtheconnotationofwords.Eg:Dictator----Denotation:①Apersonexercisingabsolutepower,especiallyonewhoassumesabsolutecontrolwithoutthefreeconsentofthepeople.•Connotation:①Suggestingrepressiveforceandtyrannicaloppression;②Callingupimagesofbloodbaths,purges,executions;③ThinkingofHitlerorMussolini.•The“bestwords”forbothpoetsandreadersarethosethatdothemostwork;theyconveyfeelingsandindirectlyimplyideasratherthanstatethemoutright.•Theappropriatenessofaparticularwordisafunctionofbothitsdenotationanditsconnotation.