synaesthesia

[ketchupkid]

I know its also a neurological condition but have i got this right - if a poet, Keats for example blurs and mixes different senses together in a poem then that is called synaesthesia and it's fine to say "the poet uses synaesthesia..." or is there a different term that means the same thing? thanks

[Quizmonster]

To be in 'a blue mood' or to have 'a brown voice' are examples of syn�sthesia. The Greek root-words mean 'together sensation'...in other words, it suggests a sensation produced at a different point from the point of stimulation. So yes, it is a kind of blurring of the senses.

[Peter Pedant]

babies have hard wiring of theirbrains which is not quite like ours

and so some sounds give coloured erm visions, and in a few a veryfew this persists. Good for them

There is an entry in the Encyclopaedia Britannica on this, as it caused a lot of interest in the thirties

and if you google synaesthesia you shoulda get millions hits.....

[spudqueen]

I've got synaesthesia - I 'see' letters and numbers in colours. Some people see whole words and even music in colours.