Study of Literary Texts

The language used in a literary text is sometimes direct, straightforward, and simple. However, other times it is indirect, symbolic, and complex containing images and figures. Figures of speech give beauty and grant the words, meanings which deviate from their literal one and that are called the figurative meanings or the implied meanings (hidden). This type of style intensifies the meaning and pushed the reader to reflect upon the point that the writer wishes to reach. It is also named “the ornaments of language”.  Figurative language is used in all types of literature and mainly in poetry.