A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Attitudinal Resources in Modern English Poetry: The Appraisal System

Languages are means by which speakers and writers communicate their common beliefs personal attitudes. This study thus sought to analyze the attitudinal resources in four modern English poems written international poetess Lang Leav. The main aim was find out kind of worldview attempted share with her readers from perspective system. system is divided into three sub-systems: Affect, judgment, appreciation. After were collected classified, results indicated that both affect appreciation frequently used comprised corpus, followed judgment resources. Moreover, found Leav mostly shared a pessimistic view love romantic relationships. Therefore, utilized negative attributes more than positive ones throughout compositions. Finally, this may give useful implications about how poetry constructed based on reliable perspective.