A Pragmatic Approach to Poetry's Syntactic Aspects

Poetry's vocabulary is distinct from those of other literary genres. That is, the grammar of poetry is distinct. This relates to the fact that grammar rules will have to be amended in order to allow certain "liberties" or "licences" on the one hand, and to account for the unique types of limits put on linguistic units in poetry both within and outside the sentence on the other. A comparison with the grammar of the common language would disclose significant discrepancies between poetic language, the grammar of the ordinary language, and any literary genre. As a result, literature, particularly poetry, cannot be studied in isolation from language. As a result, poetry cannot be understood without a good understanding of grammar.