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Discuss the figure of speech Hendiadys: definition, features and examples

Definition: Hendiadys is a figure of speech in which a complex idea is expressed by two nouns connected together by the conjunction ‘and’. One of them gets the force of an adjective, and a complex idea, which might have been expressed by a noun, qualified by an adjective, is conveyed. The word hendiadys has come from the…

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Comment on the symbolism in the poem The Sick Rose by William Blake

The rose in William Blake’s The Sick Rose is not just a flower but a conventional symbol of beauty, innocence, purity, and love. For centuries, poets have compared the delicate charm of a woman with the softness of a rose, and Blake draws on this tradition while also subverting it. The rose, one of nature’s…

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What is Dramatic Monologue: Definition, Characteristics and Examples

The Dramatic Monologue is one of the most fascinating poetic forms in English literature. It is a poem in which a single character, distinct from the poet, speaks to a silent listener in a dramatic situation. It is “dramatic” because it presents conflict, tension, or revelation, and a “monologue” because only one voice speaks throughout.…

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Discuss Marriage as a theme in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife”. This opening sentence of the novel Pride and Prejudice (1813) could be taken as the theme of each of her six novels. It is a comically ironic statement implying that a single man in…

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“All the same, we cling to our last pleasures as the tree clings to its last leaves” explain the lines from “The Fly”

All the same, we cling to our last pleasures as the tree clings to its last leaves Katherine Mansfield makes a comment on human nature in her short story "The Fly." This is in connection with Mr. Woodifield, an elderly gentleman, who is permitted to visit his friends only once a week. The storyteller refers…

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What is Caesura; Definition and Example

Caesura is a break or pause in a line of poetry, dictated by the natural rhythm of the language and/or enforced by punctuation. A line may have more than one caesura, or none at all. If a Caesura is near the beginning of the line, it is called the initial caesura; near the middle, medial; near…

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Bring out the elements irony and sarcasm in Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.”

Irony implies the contrast between what is apparent and what is actual. This is a literary device that reveals the grim reality underlying a romantic or attractive façade of a particular character, situation, or matter. The author is found to have recourse here to the presentation of the contradiction between what is believed to be…

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Discuss the importance of the epigraph of T.S.Eliot’s poem “Marina”

Quis hic locus, quae regio, quae mundi plaga? The epigraph of the poem Marina by T. S. Eliot is taken from Seneca’s tragedy Hercules Furens. The Latin words—“Quis hic locus, quae regio, quae mundi plaga?”—in English mean, “What is this place? What country, what region, what quarter of the world?” They are the first bewildered words…

September 27, 20250Comments BySupriya Maity

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Summary and critical analysis of the poem ‘A Poison Tree’ by William Blake

I was angry with my friend: I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe: I told it not, my wrath did grow. And I watered it in fears Night and morning with my tears, And I sunned it with smiles And with soft deceitful wiles. And it grew both…

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Roger Ascham (1515-1568) and his famous works

Roger Ascham (1515-68) was a distinguished scholar in Latin and classical languages. Ascham was born in Yorkshire and entered Cambridge University at the age of fourteen. He completed his bachelor’s degree at the age of eighteen and was soon thereafter made a fellow of the university. He was the tutor and later her secretary. Catholic…

September 25, 20250Comments BySupriya Maity