Pragmatic Analysis of Elechi Amadi’s Two Poems: Nsukka and Harmattan in Zaria

Abstract

This research used literary work as the object of research. The literary works analyzed in this research are two poems by Elech Amadi entitled Nsukka and Harmattan in Zaria. The aim of this research is to show the interpretation of language, culture and natural world. while revealing the meaning through language features in the poems. It applied a descriptive method in its analysis. It used multi-modal critical pragmatics as the theory that guided it. The results of the study revealed that the poet used language in describing the natural world and its beauty