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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 [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<ref name=Foot02/> . In simple terms synesthesia means the mixing of two or more senses at one time. | The word “synesthesia” or “synaesthesia,” has its origin in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language 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<ref name=Foot02/> . In simple terms synesthesia means the mixing of two or more senses at one time. Several authors use synethesia; such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Frost Robert Frost], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Dickinson Emily Dickinson], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Nabokov Vladimir Nabokov], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dante_Alighieri Dante Alighieri], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Meredith George Meredith], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare William Shakespeare], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Keats John Keats]. | ||
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==Examples of Synesthesia== | ==Examples of Synesthesia== | ||
'''Literature''' | '''Literature''' | ||
* Back to the region where the sun is silent. -'The Divine Comedy' by | * Back to the region where the sun is silent. -'The Divine Comedy' by Dante Alighieri<ref name=Foot04/> | ||
* Drink the pale drug of silence - 'Modern Love: I' by | * Drink the pale drug of silence - 'Modern Love: I' by George Meredith<ref name=Foot05/> | ||
*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 Robert Frost<ref name=Foot06/> | ||