Memorable Points on Chaucer Geoffrey Chaucer was born in the feign of Edward III, lived through that of Richard II, and died the year after Henry IV took over the throne. He lived between 1340 and 1400. He was a Read more
A ‘Preposition’ is a word used to show relation between a Noun and pronoun or some other word in the sentences. The following is a Quiz on this very Chapter. The Quiz comprises 10 highly important questions each of which Read more
The following is the Scansion and the Prosodic Name of the scanned Extract from the Narrative Poem ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’ by S.T. Coleridge. Now Scan the following following Poem and check the answer Day after day, day Read more
Scansion Part – V Please go through the following previous parts of Scansion: How to Scan a Poem Part-I How to Scan a Poem Part-II How to Scan a Poem Part-III How to Scan a Poem Part-IV How to Scan Read more
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Naming of the Metre used in a Verse-line A verse-line is named on the basis of the Accented and Unaccented Syllables. The following Names are worth-notable on this basis: Iambic – ͝ / (Unaccented and then Accented Syllables) – Be˘-giˈn, Read more
Scansion Part – III Marking out the Accented and Unaccented Syllables in a Verse Line There are two marks used to show Accented and Unaccented Syllables: Accented – / Unaccented – ͝ Note which Syllables in the following Words are Read more
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
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
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
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 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
