Role of Form and Structure in Adding Meaning to a Piece of Literature

Abstract

Literature as a form of art is being produced since times immemorial. Literature is produced in various forms like poetry, drama and novel etc. The purpose of these forms of literature is to bring about understanding. A writer uses different devices like theme, style, plot, setting form and structure to convey his/her ideas in clearly. These devices make it easy for the reader to 
understand a piece of literature. In this research study the role of form and structure in adding meaning to a piece of literature is investigated. For this purpose a poem by contemporary American poet, Madhubati is analyzed in the light of principles of school of formalism and structuralism. And it was inferred that form and structure very fittingly simplified the meaning of 
the poem. Also in general both from and structure have been used by writers and in a way these components have always been a great help in manifesting the meaning of a literary text