Pragmatic Implications of Metonymy in Qabbani's Elegy 'Balqees'"

Metonymy is a type of figurative language that can be used in everyday talks and literary work. It helps with smooth self-expression by creating a mental link between different people, places, or things. The hypothesis suggests that metonymy simplifies complex emotions and ideas, enhancing reader comprehension, intensifying feelings, and illuminating different poem aspects for improved understanding. The study aims to explore metonymy's role in conveying layered meanings, evoking diverse emotions, and addressing overarching themes, while actively engaging readers in interpretation. The focus is on investigating the function, emotional impact, thematic representation, and reader involvement of metonymy. The study concludes that metonymy significantly contributes to the poem's depth, emotional engagement, thematic exploration, and reader interaction, exemplifying its enduring relevance in poetic discourse.One of the most famous definitions of metonymy from both ancient and modern scholars is: "The speaker wants to establish a meaning among the meanings, but he doesn't use the word that the language has for it. Instead, he brings a meaning that follows it and is closely related to it that already exists, and he uses it as evidence for it (Al-Jurjani, 1999: 66).