How to Scan a Poem

Scansion Part – II (Ways to break up a word into syllables) The Disyllabic Words containing double Consonants are broken by supplying a hyphen between the Consonants, such as; Fel-low Sum-mer Ut-ter The words containing double Vowels are not separated Read more

How to do Scansion of a poem-in Hindi

Scansion Part – I (Syllables and their Kinds) Scansion is an act of dividing a verse line into accented and unaccented syllables and grouping it into regular feet. It aims at the examination of the metrical correctness of a line. Read more

Critical Analysis of The Canterbury Tales in Hindi

The Canterbury Tales एक Frame Narrative है जिसके कहानी में कहानी का वर्णन पाते हैं. इसे अंग्रेजी कविता के जनक कहे जाने वाले अंग्रेज साहित्यकार ज्यॉफ्री चौसर ने लिखा है. ज्यॉफ्री चौसर अग्रेजी राज्य के सभासद, विद्वान, यात्री, व्यापारी और Read more

Critical Analysis of The Canterbury Tales by Chaucer

The Canterbury Tales is a frame narrative which is narrated around another story or stories. It was written by the Father of English Poetry Geoffrey Chaucer who was at once a courtier, scholar, traveller, businessman and a prominent literary figure of the Read more

Exaggeration and Hyperbole Examples

Exaggeration is a statement representing something as better as or worse than it really is. Exaggeration को हिंदी में अतिश्योक्ति कहते है. जब किसी बात को थोडा बढ़ा-चढ़ाकर पेश किया जाता है तो ऐसी बात को अतिश्योक्ति या Exaggeration कहते Read more

What is Allegory

An Allegory is a literary device in which a person, place or event is compared with some other object in broader sense. It aims at conveying a broader message about the real world and its political, moral and social issues. Read more

Types of Poetry

Poetry is a collection of words expressing an idea or emotion with rhythm. कविता शब्दों का ऐसा संग्रह है जिससे भावनाओं को लय में अभिव्यक्त की जाती है. Poetry may be of following types:- Allegory (This interprets the hidden meaning Read more

What is Metaphor-रूपक अलंकार

This is a figure based on Similarity. It is a direct comparison between two fundamentally different objects or ideas. Any comparative factor such as ‘so’, ‘as’ or ‘like’ is not employed for the purpose. It is also called ‘Compressed’ or Read more

What is Simile-Hindi explanation

This is a Figure of Speech in which two objects or events are compared by using ‘like’, ‘so’, ‘as’ etc. यह एक ऐसा अलंकार है जिसमे दो चीजों के बीच में तुलना As, So और Like का प्रयोग कर किया Read more

What are Figures of Speech-Hindi Explanation

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Figures of Speech को हिंदी में अलंकार कहते है. इसका प्रयोग भाषा की शोभा बढाने के लिए किया जाता है. अंग्रेजी में हम इसे निम्न तरीके से कह सकते है: A Figure of Speech is a Word or Phrase which Read more

English Monophthongs and Diphthongs for CTET English Paper

There are 5 Vowel Letters in the English Alphabet and all the five Vowels have 20 sounds. All the 20 Vowel Sounds are divided into two parts: Monophthongs and Diphthongs Also called Pure Vowels, Monophthongs are such Vowel Sounds that Read more

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The English language has got a prominent place in India. It is  no longer a foreign language; it is rather the secondary language as against Hindi. The language has become mixed with Hindi to such an extent that it is Read more