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Reading Time: 3 minutes A poem is a form of expression that uses beautiful or memorable words to share feelings, ideas, or stories. It often has rhythm, rhyme, or patterns that make it sound musical. Oxford dictionary defines a poem as “a piece of writing in which the words are carefully chosen for the images and ideas they suggest, and in which the sounds of the…
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Seamus Heaney stands as the most significant Irish writer since W. B. Yeats. Like Yeats, whom he admires, Heaney absorbed new ideas and evolved. Blake Morrison notes in his book Seamus Heaney that it is uncommon for a poet to be highly regarded by critics and academics while being popular with “the common reader”. His…
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Reading Time: 2 minutesCAROL ANN DUFFY (1955-) is a celebrated British poet known for her accessible and engaging poetry that explores themes of gender and oppression. In 2009, she became the first woman appointed Poet Laureate of Great Britain, a position she held until 2019. Duffy spent her early years in Glasgow before moving to Stafford, England, where she attended convent…
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Reading Time: 3 minutes The period 1750-1800 marks the shift from one distinct school or convention of English poetry to another. The Neo-classical period, which began with Dryden in the late seventeenth century and continued well into the eighteenth century, had specific, very definite characteristics. The Romantic period, which began near the end of the eighteenth century with the…
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Reading Time: 3 minutes No other poet besides Gray has attained immortality with such a thin volume of poems. Gray’s genius was critical and would not permit anything except the best to appear in print. He constantly revised and refined his poems. Even when he felt he could improve them no further, his shy, sensitive soul prevented him…
Reading Time: 3 minutes An elegy is a poetic form that laments the loss of someone or something, often reflecting on death and life’s transient nature. Traditionally, elegies mourn a personal loss, but over time, the genre has evolved to include broader meditations on universal human experiences. Origin and Characteristics of Elegy The elegy traces its origins to…
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Reading Time: 5 minutes STANZA I STANZA II STANZA III STANZA IV STANZA V STANZA VI STANZA VII STANZA VIII WORKS CITED https://www.jstor.org/stable/43856684 https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/poignant-rendition/article3500847.ece Dr Aswathy AravindakshanDr Aswathy Aravindakshan is a teacher, bilingual writer and artist with over two decades of experience in teaching English language and literature. She currently…
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Reading Time: 2 minutesBelow is a brief biography of D. Vinayachandran, a Malayalam poet whose works uniquely blend modernism with traditional folklore and the melody of nature. WORKS CITED “Malayalam poet Vinayachandran passes away”. Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 4 July 2013. “Poet D. Vinayachandran condoled”. The Hindu. Retrieved 4 July 2013. “One with nature in…
Reading Time: 3 minutes The poem sketches the household chores of Poonjeli, who is probably from a low socio-economic background. The setting, as stated above, is her kitchen, which may be her workplace assigned to her by the patriarchy. Within this space, she passively sets a mousetrap while humming an old theatre song that becomes both background and symbol….
Reading Time: 4 minutes The poem “Ambalamani” by B. Sugathakumari was translated into English as “Temple Bell” by P. P. Raveendran. Through the poem, the poet reflects on decay and desolation in a world full of noise. The poem “Temple Bell” is set against the backdrop of a deserted temple, where a broken bronze bell sways in the…
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