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The word “synesthesia” or “synaesthesia,” has its origin in the Greek roots, syn, meaning union, and aesthesis, meaning sensation: a union of the senses.<ref name=Foot01/> Synesthesia is usually used in [ | The word “synesthesia” or “synaesthesia,” has its origin in the Greek roots, syn, meaning union, and aesthesis, meaning sensation: a union of the senses.<ref name=Foot01/> Synesthesia is usually used in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetry Poetry]. In Poetry it means "The concurrent response of two or more of the senses to the stimulation of one" (Harmon). It also means the mixing of two or more senses at one time. | ||
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'''Literature''' | '''Literature''' | ||
* Back to the region where the sun is silent. -'The Divine Comedy' by Dante Alighieri<ref name=Foot03/> | * Back to the region where the sun is silent. -'The Divine Comedy' by Dante Alighieri<ref name=Foot03/> | ||
* Drink the pale drug of silence - 'Modern Love: I' by | * Drink the pale drug of silence - 'Modern Love: I' by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Meredith George Meredith]<ref name=Foot04/> | ||
*The butterfly and I had lit upon, Nevertheless, a message from the dawn, That made me hear the wakening birds around, And hear his long scythe whispering to the ground, 'The Tuft of Flowers' By | *The butterfly and I had lit upon, Nevertheless, a message from the dawn, That made me hear the wakening birds around, And hear his long scythe whispering to the ground, 'The Tuft of Flowers' By [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Frost Robert Frost]<ref name=Foot05/> | ||
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