Stylish Analysis of "THE BROKEN WINGS" BY KHALILGIBRAN AND WILLIAM BLAKE'S "THE TYGER" Stylish Analysis of "THE BROKEN WINGS" BY KHALILGIBRAN AND WILLIAM BLAKE'S "THE TYGER"

1. STYLISTICANALYSISOF“THE
BROKENWINGS”BY
KHALILGIBRAN AND
WILLIAM BLAKE’S “THE
TYGER”

2. TABLE OF
CONTENTS:
ABSTRACT
Introduction
Literature review
Data analyze
Conclusion
References

3. STYLISTICANALYSISOF“THE BROKEN
WINGS”BYKHALILGIBRAN

4. ABSTRACT
THISPAPERISPROTRACTEDTOFINDOUTTHEAESTHETICCHOICEOFKHALILGIBRANIN “THE
BROKENWINGS”BYANALYSINGTHESTYLEOFTEXTIN FIRSTTWOCHAPTERSOFTHEBOOK. THE
FOCUSOFTHERESEARCHTRICKLESDOWN,FIRSTLY,ONTHEEXPLOITATIONOF DIFFERENT
LITERARYDEVICES,THOSECOMINGUNDERTHECATEGORYOF“TRANSFERENCEOFMEANING”,
ANDSECONDLYONTHEPHONOLOGICALLEVEL.
THEBROKENWINGSISSTORY,WRITTENIN FIRSTPERSON,BYKHALILGIBRAN,OFCOURSEA
NARRATIONOFHISOWNFIRSTLOVEAFFAIR.IN THISPAPER,ITISSHOWNTHATFROMAWIDE
SPECTRUMOFTOOLSOFTRANSFERENCEOFMEANINGWHATLITERARYDEVICESAREEXPLOITED
THEMOSTANDONTHEPHONOLOGICALLEVELWHATSTRATEGIESAREDEVISEDTHATTURNSHIS
BOOKINTOANEXAMPLEOFPEOTICPROSE.
KeyWords: Style, Literary devices, Phonological level, Transference of meaning.

5. INTRODUCTIN
The scope of stylistics is all about the quest of looking into the texts- an analysis carried
out, and revealing all the linguistic information on various levels- that is phonological,
graphological, morphological, syntactic, semantic and pragmatic level- that showsthe
patterns made by the choice of the writer on various levels.
In this paper we would go through the style of Khalil Gibran: by looking at the
usage of different kind of literary devices, and phonological trickery done to give the
text an enchanting power capture reader’s mind and make the effects of texts long-
lasting.
In this analysis, first two chapters of the book, that makes ten pages, are
stylistically analyzed.Theanalysis is given below.

6. NAME
Khalil Gibran
OCCUPATION
Author, Journalist,poet
BIRTHDATE
January6, 1883
DEATHDATE
April 10, 1931
PLACEOFBIRTH
Bsharri,Lebanon
PLACEOFDEATH
New York,NewYork
Kahlil Gibran
ORIGINALLY
JubranKhalil Jubran
ABOUT THE
AUTHOR

7. STYLISTIC
ANALYSIS:
1. SEMANTICLEVEL
(a) Similes
Among the wide range of literary devices there are very few that are very much preferred by Khalil Gibran
and simile is one of them. Simile is aliterary device that is used for overt comparison with the help of
some formal indicators suchas“like”,” as….as”,“as” .

8. 1. Empty like that of Adam’sParadise.
2. Theflowers you lay on Selma’stomb are like falling drops ofdew.
3. …eraof silent sorrow which dropped asaseedinto myheart.
4. Youth asagoldenera.
5.All those beauties which I spoke of now and which I long to see, asachild longs
for his mother’s breast.
6. …myspirit imprisoned in the darkness of youth, asafalcon suffers in itscage.
7. …whoexist like frozen corpses.
8.The boy’s soul undergoing the buffeting of sorrow is like awhite lily just
unfolding.
9. …mademe like apond of water.
10. That year is like amountain peak.

9. (a) Metaphors
Theusageof metaphor is quite frequent in the narration of Gibran.Tomake a meaning more
real and concrete, he is resorted freely to metaphors. Metaphor is aliterary device that is
usedfor covertcomparison.
1.Loveopened my eyes:
2. With its magic rays:.
3. Fiery finger:
4. Garden of highaffection:
5. Spring of life:
6. Life wasacoma;
7. Thefiery sword that chasedAdam out ofParadise:
8. Painful memories:
9. Thesilence that guardsthe tomb:
10. Here all the hopes of Gibran wereburied:

10. 11. Prisoner of love:
12. ….growsGibran’s sorrow together with Cypresstrees:
13. Hisspirit flickers:
14. Selma….whowas abeautiful tune:
15. Falling drops of dews from the eyesofdawn:
16. Thedawn of youth:
17. Open the heart’s doors:
18. Loveprovided me with tongue andtears:
19.Gardensand orchards and street corners that witnessed your gamesand heardyour
innocent whispers:
20. Valleys full of magic anddignity:
21. Mountains covered with glory andgreatness:
22. Wounded my spirit:
23.Bitter thoughts:
24. Anet of hopelessness:
25. Cloud of dreams:
26. Solitude hassoft and silkyhands:
17.….but with strong fingers it graspstheheart:
28..Solitude is the alley ofsorrow:
29.It killed in me the inclination for games:
30. Wings of youth: AnimisticMetaphor.
31. …remainin the book ofexistence:

11. HYPERBOLE
Hyperbole is an exaggerated form of something that is used not with the intention for deception rather
for stress and emphasis.Thewriter usesthem time and again in order of mark adeep impression on
reader’s mind.
1.tramping of your feet will not disturb the slumber of the dead.
2. Drained his tears.
3. Forgot his smile.
4. …tryto reach the sky.
5. I hear the murmur of the rivulets and the rustling of the branches.
6. Everytime I looked at the grey skymy heartcontract.
7. …becausehe is torn by two forces.
…hearsnothing but the crawling ofinsects.

12. (I) PHONOLOGICALLEVEL
(a) Alliteration
It is the repetition of consonants at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each
other, or at short interval. It is this that gives the prose apoetic touch.
1. “fiery fingers” (p3)
2.“ fiery sword…..which frightened…..and forced me away from….” (p4)
3.“ hearts haveloved…”(p6)
4. “pleasure….its passing…..likeaprisoner” (p7)
5. “confinement and cares”(p7)
6. “silent sorrow…dropped aseed”(p7)
7. “rivulets and rustling”(p8)
8. “suffers in its cage….seesaflock…spacioussky” (p8)
9. “Solitude hassoft, silky hands”(p9)
10. “Solitude is the ally of sorrow…..spiritual exaltation”(p9)
11. “colors of clouds”(p10)

13. CONCLUSION
After the analysis of the two pagesof the story, the style of Khalil Gibran gets quite obvious. Onsemantic
level, it canconfidently be deduced that Gibran’s style of writing is quite figurative. It is becausethe meaning
he tries to propagate is working on two-level. Thefirst guise is the literary meaning that leads the reader to
the second level of figurative language. Thereason for usageof figurative language is that Gibran attempts to
solidify all the abstractions that are quite difficult to realize. This attempt of tangibility makes the abstractions
more real and impressive. Thejustification is done by the regular usageof hyperbole. Over all, the average
shows that the most used literary devise is metaphor, followed by simile and hyperbole.
Onphonological level, he hasexploited the notion of alliteration greatly. Thisin return hasgiven apoetic
touch to the prose. Theabove mentioned examples of alliteration testify that the writer has attempted to
turn his prose into something thatsounds poetic.
Thecollective image painted by scopeof both levels, semantic and phonological, gives usagood insight into
the style of KhalilGibran.

14. REFERENCES
1.Crystal, D&Davy, Derek (1969). Investigating English
Style. Longman House, England.
2. Leech,G.(1969)ALinguistic Guide to Poetry,Longman.
3. Leech,G& Short. M (1981)Stylein

15. STYLISTICSANALYSIS
WILLIAM BLAKE’S “THE TYGER”
About the Author
NAME
William Blake
OCCUPATION
Artist, Poet
BIRTH DATE
November 28, 1757
DEATH DATE
August 12, 1827
EDUCATION
Royal Academy of Art's Schools of Design
PLACE OF BIRTH
London, England, United Kingdom
PLACE OF DEATH
London, England, United Kingdom

16. THE TYGER
(TIGER):
Tyger Tyger, burning bright,
In the forests of the night;
What immortal hand or eye,
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?
In what distant deeps or skies.
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand, dare seize the fire?

17. And what shoulder, & what art,
Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
And when thy heart began to beat,
What dread hand? & what dread feet?
What the hammer? what the chain,
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? what dread grasp,
Dare its deadly terrors clasp!
When the stars threw down their spears
And water’d heaven with their tears:
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the Lamb make thee?
Tyger Tyger burning bright,
In the forests of the night:
What immortal hand or eye,
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?

18. ANALYSIS
:
THEME
 The crumble is in the air about the creator of the tiger than it is about
the tiger itself. In brooding the despicable shrew and formidable
symmetry of the tiger, the speaker is at a loss to explain how the same
God who made the lamb could make the tiger.
 Conformable to, this theme: humans are incapable of fully
understanding the mind of God and the mystery of his handiwork.

19. SYMBOLISM:
Symbolism is the use of symbols to signify ideas and qualities by giving them
symbolic meanings that are different from their literal sense which Blake has used
in his poem “ The Tyger”. Below are the examples of the symbol/Symbolism
used;
The Tiger:
The Lamb:
Distant Deeps:
Skies:
Evil (or Satan)
Innocence (or God)
Hell
Heaven
Immortal Hand or Eye: God or Satan(Metonymy)
Wings:
FIRE:
The power or inspiration
Tyger’s ferocity and sublimity

20. METAPHOR:
1. Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
2. Tyger Tyger, burning bright
In the metaphors above it can be seen that poet is comparing the Tiger and its eyes with
the fire something dreadful or hurtful which is not good. He has given the characteristics
of fire to tiger.
Alliteration:
Figure of emphasis that occurs through the repetition of initial consonant letters (or
sounds) in two or more different words across successive sentences, clauses, or phrases.
For example in the “The Tyger”
"burning bright" (1)
"distant deeps" (5)
"what wings" (7)
"began to beat" (11)
"dare its deadly" (16)
"he who" (20)

21. SYNECDOCHE:
Synecdocheis when apart of something is usedto
refer to the wholething.
So,the phrase "immortal hand" references the whole beingor
person that the hand belongs to, while at the sametime
focusing on the hands asthe means of creation. Theeye is
representative of the whole body andperson,

22. METER ANDRHYTHM
Therhythm is created through short lines and rhyming couplets,
similar to "The Lamb."Repetition of "Tyger in line 1, "dare" in lines
7 & 8, "heart" in lines 10 & 11, "what" in lines12, 13, & 15, "Did he"
in lines 19-20, and several repeats in stanzas1 & 2 establish the
poem's nursery rhyme like rhythm.