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  1. Lucifer
    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    In The Portrait of A Lady, with an autobiographical stroke, the author displays his relationship and bond with her grandmother, the changing dynamic of the relationship from rural life to fast pace and alienation of a city and eventual reconciliation in her final days. The bond she had with birds anRead more

    In The Portrait of A Lady, with an autobiographical stroke, the author displays his relationship and bond with her grandmother, the changing dynamic of the relationship from rural life to fast pace and alienation of a city and eventual reconciliation in her final days.

    The bond she had with birds and her spiritual energy always fascinated the author even though he could never understand it completely.

    The account is stirring and emotionally charged and reflects a sense of longing for the bonds of affection and care that are difficult to replace as once gets old and distant.

    Read the summary of The Portrait of A Lady.

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  1. Lucifer
    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    The line “May His Tribe Increase” simply means that there should be more people like Abou Ben Adhem who may love other humans and spread love, fraternity and brotherhood in the world. “May His Tribe Increase” appears in the first line of the poem Abou Ben Adhem by James Henry Leigh Hunt along with tRead more

    The line “May His Tribe Increase” simply means that there should be more people like Abou Ben Adhem who may love other humans and spread love, fraternity and brotherhood in the world.

    “May His Tribe Increase” appears in the first line of the poem Abou Ben Adhem by James Henry Leigh Hunt along with the name of Abou Ben Adhem (Ibrahim Ibn-e-Adam) who is a Persian saint of Islam. As per the Arabic folklore, his name got into the list of God-lovers because of his love for mankind.

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  1. Gulam Mohiuddin
    Gulam Mohiuddin

    Drama, Poetry and Prose are the three main genres of literature, with each of them having multiple subgenres of their, for example: Drama Comedy Tragedy Farce etc. Poetry Narrative Poetry Lyric Poetry Prose Novel Essays Fable Short Stories Biography etc.

    Drama, Poetry and Prose are the three main genres of literature, with each of them having multiple subgenres of their, for example:

    1. Drama
      1. Comedy
      2. Tragedy
      3. Farce etc.
    2. Poetry
      1. Narrative Poetry
      2. Lyric Poetry
    3. Prose
      1. Novel
      2. Essays
      3. Fable
      4. Short Stories
      5. Biography etc.
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  1. Lucifer
    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    Figurative Language is a technique used by writers in their works. Figurative language is the language which is in the form of metaphors or symbols. The words which the writer or the poet uses do not reflect the actual meaning but rather something else which is deeper. e.g. in the poem The Human SeaRead more

    Figurative Language is a technique used by writers in their works. Figurative language is the language which is in the form of metaphors or symbols. The words which the writer or the poet uses do not reflect the actual meaning but rather something else which is deeper.

    e.g. in the poem The Human Seasons, Keats is mentioning the four seasons of the year, but deeper, the words rather refer to the four stages of human life.

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