William Tyndale is known as the father of English Prose. He wrote the famous The King James Bible in 1611.
William Tyndale is known as the father of English Prose. He wrote the famous The King James Bible in 1611.
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According to Sir Walter Scott, Henry Fielding is the father of English Novel or Fiction. He was born in 1707 and belonged the Augustan Age.
According to Sir Walter Scott, Henry Fielding is the father of English Novel or Fiction. He was born in 1707 and belonged the Augustan Age.
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Lindley Murray is known as the father of English Grammar.
Lindley Murray is known as the father of English Grammar.
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Zareer Masani is known as the father of English in India.
Zareer Masani is known as the father of English in India.
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In simple words, literature is the reflection of society. A writer, poet, dramatist, novelist, prose writer inscribes what he sees around and thus his vision is reflected in his works.
In simple words, literature is the reflection of society. A writer, poet, dramatist, novelist, prose writer inscribes what he sees around and thus his vision is reflected in his works.
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In simple words, hyperbole is an exaggerated statement usually given in a poem for effect. e.g. I saw ten thousand at a glance. The poet cannot count the flowers and makes a guess that he saw ten thousand at a single sight.
In simple words, hyperbole is an exaggerated statement usually given in a poem for effect. e.g. I saw ten thousand at a glance. The poet cannot count the flowers and makes a guess that he saw ten thousand at a single sight.
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The short poem “Dust of Snow” describes poet’s change of mood (from bad to good) because of air-like snow which falls on the poet when a crow shakes (on a tree). The snow is so light that poet calls it dust. But this dust has the power to make the boring day of the poet better.
See lessThe short poem “Dust of Snow” describes poet’s change of mood (from bad to good) because of air-like snow which falls on the poet when a crow shakes (on a tree). The snow is so light that poet calls it dust. But this dust has the power to make the boring day of the poet better.
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English Literature emerged after Chaucer with his famous work The Canterbury Tales.
English Literature emerged after Chaucer with his famous work The Canterbury Tales.
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Plot, in a play, means the main events of a play, novel, film, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.
Plot, in a play, means the main events of a play, novel, film, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.
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The poem Charge of the Light Brigade is divided into six stanzas having 8,9,9,12,11,6 lines respectively. Many phrases are repeated a number of times in the poem to create the poetic effect. e.g. in the first stanza, the phrase “Half a League” is repeated three times to bring the experience of a parRead more
The poem Charge of the Light Brigade is divided into six stanzas having 8,9,9,12,11,6 lines respectively. Many phrases are repeated a number of times in the poem to create the poetic effect. e.g. in the first stanza, the phrase “Half a League” is repeated three times to bring the experience of a parade. Again the phrase “Forward the Light Brigade” is repeated and so on.
In the poem, each line of the stanzas is in dimeter i.e. it has two stressed syllables and each stressed syllable is followed by 2 unstressed syllables.
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