April 2018
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The present study aims at stylistically analyzing a selection of poem titles belonging to the Neoclassical era. Results sought include identification of unique linguistic features of these titles and any relative stylistic pattern that may be detected. Analysis is carried out on syntactic and semantic levels. The purpose of the study is to show the possibility of finding direct reflection of characteristic literary and cultural features of the age in poem titles. The genre is narrowed down to poetry to grant the work more focus, and the poets are chosen as being renowned ones representative of this era. The poets whose works are involved are: