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On the Conceptual Shift and Collocation Between Concreteness and Abstractness—Analysis of The Mill by a New Poet in China



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LAI Peng

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DOI:10.17265/2159-5836/2016.07.007

Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

This is a poem review which analyzes The Mill that was written by a new poet in China, looking at it from the conceptual perspective. The conceptual shift and collocation between concreteness and abstractness enable her poems to carry both linguistic power and emotional strength; the conceptual images created by her abstract thinking and unique perception make her poems achieve originality and readability; her conceptual self built by the use of first person pronouns is actually not that of a person but that of a personified mule who was indignant about its heavy workload yet unable to speak against its predestined destiny. Although suffering from brain paralysis, the poet is shown by this review to be a sensible manipulator of words, which reveal the unique beauty in her language and show the suppressed sadness in her heart.

poem review, conceptual shift, conceptual collocation, concreteness, abstractness