Punctuation marks help to shape the tone of the spoken language, speed, level, and intonation in texts. That is, the punctuation marks are used to clarify the intention of the author. Despite these features, however, the punctuation marks were still e...
Punctuation marks help to shape the tone of the spoken language, speed, level, and intonation in texts. That is, the punctuation marks are used to clarify the intention of the author. Despite these features, however, the punctuation marks were still excluded from the discussions when interpreting poems. This paper considers sentence codes as poetic words. For this purpose, this paper focuses on Lee, Soo-bok`s poems. Lee Soo-bok`s poems are actively using punctuation marks. Therefore, reading the punctuation marks in his poems will be helpful not only in understanding his works, but also in revealing the poetic word effects of punctuation marks. There are many kinds of punctuation marks. In this paper, however, I focus on the dot, line, and parentheses, which occupy a relatively large portion in the poems of Lee Soo-bok. It is anticipated that defining and approaching the punctuation marks in poems will provide a closer interpretation of poet`s intention, and at the same it provide a richness in the process of poem interpretation. Until now, if we have not shown much interest in the punctuation of poetry, we will now help you to realize that punctuation marks serve as a bridgehead for expanding the conversation between the reader and the poet.