Synesthesia



A sensation produced in one modality when a stimulus is applied to another modality, as when the hearing of a certain sound induces the visualization of a certain color.
 * Synesthesia:**

(taken from http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/synesthesia )

//Ode to a Nightingale// By John Keats "...O, for a draught of vintage! that hath been Cool'd a long age in the deep-delved earth, Tasting of Flora and the country green, Dance, and Provençal song, and sunburnt mirth! ..."
 * Use of Synesthesia**

"sunburnt mirth!" is used for synesthesia

The reader can visualize the sunburnt red.

(taken from http://englishhistory.net/keats/poetry/odetoanightingale.html)

Synesthesia is used to express a connection between the poem and human's senses. Neurologist Richard Cytowic identifies the following diagnostic criteria of synesthesia:
 * General Use and Effect**
 * 1) Synesthetic images are spatially extended, meaning they often have a definite "location."
 * 2) Synesthesia is involuntary and [|automatic].
 * 3) Synesthetic percepts are consistent and generic (i.e. simple rather than imagistic).
 * 4) Synesthesia is highly [|memorable].
 * 5) Synesthesia is laden with [|affect].

(taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthaesia)

"Image:Synesthesia." __Wikipedia__. 17 Nov. 2008 . Keats, John. __Ode to a Nightingale__. 17 Nov. 2008 . "Synesthesia." __Dictionary.com__. 13 Nov. 2008 . "Synesthesia." __Wikipedia__. 12 Nov. 2008. 17 Nov. 2008 .
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