Although Katherine Mansfield’s The Fly is a short story of some five pages, it is rich in the psychological interest of a fictional narrative. As an introspection into human psychology, it comes…
H. E. Bates’s story The Ox is no extraordinary tale of the stream of consciousness of a bereaved father, an inexplicable longing of a boy, or a singular yearning of a…
Philip Sidney opens his sonnet, "Loving in Truth", by explaining his motivation for composing the sonnet sequence. He believes that if his beloved were to read the sonnets, she would…
Bindu is the second important character of Rabindranath’s short story "The Wife’s Letter". She is introduced somewhat later, long after Mrinal’s married life has begun. Bindu is the younger sister…
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…
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…
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…
“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…
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…
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,…