A linguistic analysis of robert browning's “The Grammarian's funeral: Exploring the language of literature through the formulaic style

The main purpose of this paper is to investigate linguistic analysis particularly the formulaic style embedded in Robert Browning's dramatic monologue “The Grammarian's Funeral”. The nicety of linguistic exploration is explicated by applying the technique of stylistics, sentimental analysis, and systemic functional linguistics. The conceptual model was developed based on an analytical study of the formulaic style in this poem, which encompasses the inventive exposition of the human psyche, referential intertextuality of deictic words, and exquisite imagery. The major findings of the present study are summarized as follows: the poem is replete with sentimental foregrounding, eclectic standpoints, the contrast between illiterate villagers and their engagement with fields, animals, and the intellectual life of the protagonist passionately devoted to the deep study of ancient classics. On an aesthetic and linguistic level, the poem can be called a literary triumph. The present study was undertaken with a view to extending the limits of this seismic shift in the application of the formulaic style. The concept that begun with Parry-Lord theory as a scientific hypothesis, needs to be reinvented and applied, further for the generalization of poetry language, imagination, and human psychology. This paper pores over the unexplored linguistic analysis, particularly formulaic style. The study of Robert Browning's "The Grammarian's Funeral" may be taken for granted through the Formulaic Style as an effective tool, working through the scientific method in literature analysis. The originality of this scientific method lies in the fact that can be used as an exciting and powerful tool for understanding and analyzing poetry.