An isotopy refers to "a level of meaning which is established by the recurrence in a text of
semes belonging to the same semantic field, and which contributes to our interpretation of
the theme" (Wales, 1989, p. 265, emphasis added). '… The integrative, bottom-up analysis
of 'Talking in Bed' in the present paper is by no means the final word on the poem. Yet, it
has at least one basic value, which is the accumulation of understanding resulting from the …