Features of Indian English Indian English refers to dialects or varieties of English spoken primarily in India and also by Indian Diaspora elsewhere In the world. Due to British colonialism for over two hundred years’ as were used more to British English than to American‚ Australian or Canadian English. And due to the presence of vernacular languages in our country‚ English was chosen to be the co-official language of the union of India. Our obvious choice is one of the varieties of British English;
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poem‚ "Do Not Go Gentle Into that Good Night‚" by Dylan Thomas‚ diction and form serve to create the tone of the poem. In William Wordsworth’s poem‚ "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud‚" imagery aids in determining the tone of the poem. Rhyme scheme and rhythm are used to shape the tone in John Donne’s poem‚ "The Flea." The influence of diction and form on the overall tone of a poem is illustrated in Thomas’s poem‚ "Do Not Go Gentle Into that Good Night." Diction refers to the particular choices of words
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Indeed the first quatrain has a dactylic pentameter rhythm ( ABAB ) with the first syllable stressed and followed by two unstressed syllables. Whereas the rest of the poem is an iambic tetrameter rhythm ( CCDD ) with the first syllable unstressed and the second one stressed. We can also notice that the rhymes are constructed with hard and whistling consonance such like [s]‚ [t]‚ or [r]. They
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Music/ Musician / Music of styl……. Concert Music is one of the most important art expressions‚ lots of feelings and values can be expressed‚ and of course lots of stories can be told too. I like many music styles‚ from classical music to rock and even folk music. One of my favorite musicians is Sting‚ he is a great singer‚ bass/doublebass player‚ a great song writer and an actor too. His style is a mixture of many styles‚ such as pop‚ jazz‚ blues‚ soul‚ reggae and much more. One of my favorite
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Emily Dickinson‚ a female poet from Amherst‚ Massachusetts‚ was born in the 19th century. But because of the status of women at the time‚ the originality in her poems were seen as unusual and did not get the praise it should’ve gotten or even had a chance to be seen for its ingenious and original use of language techniques. What is most commonly seen in Dickinson’s work is the use of the dash. She has used the dash in many cases for many different and appropriate reasons. A lot of the time the
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William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 129 William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 129 is a classic Shakespearian Sonnet from his distinguished collection published in 1609. The Shakespearean Sonnet is unquestionably the most intellectual and dramatic of poetic forms and‚ when written well‚ is a masterpiece not only of poetic talent but intellectual talent as well. Like the majority of sonnets‚ Sonnet 129 has fourteen lines and is organized into an octave followed by a sestet; or more in depth‚ three quatrains followed
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Literary aspects in the poem include figure of speech‚ imagery‚ rhyme‚ rhythm and form. In stanza one the rhythm of the poem is in iambic pentameter‚ where there are ten syllables in each line and every other syllable is stressed. As well as the rest of the poem stanza one’s rhyme scheme is ABA. The phrases “good night”‚ “close of day”‚ and “dying of the light” are metaphors for death. Thomas is advising the elderly‚ like his father‚ to “burn and rave” in other words fight against death. Another
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Much of the poetry of the 17th century was heavily romantic‚ focusing on damsels and decadent parties where the Roman wine God Bacchaus ruled supreme. Amongst the movements’ teachings was the idea of "Carpe Diem" - the Latin phrase for "seize the day". Herrick‚ fascinated by this ancient philosophy‚ centred many of his poems on the theme‚ cautioning people to use their time wisely. Robert Herrick was one of the "Tribe of Ben"‚ a group of poets who followed and were inspired by the works of the dramatist
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Shakespeare. Ed. Stephen Greenblatt et. al. London: W.W. Norton & Company. 872-939 Secondary Literature Hartman‚ Charles O. (1980/1996). Free Verse: An Essay on Prosody. Princeton: Northwestern University Press. Hobsbaum‚ Philip (1996). Metre‚ Rhythm and Verse Form. London: Routledge. Nünning Vera and Ansgar (2009). An Introduction to the Study of English and American Literature. Stuttgart: Klett Lerntraining Gmbh. Webliography Jamieson‚ Lee. „Introducing Prose“. About.com –Part of the New York
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person who writes plays. Conflict: problem or struggle that drives a story’s plot. Verse: group of lines in a poem or a song. Rhyme: repetition of the final sounds of words that creates a musical effect. Rhyme scheme: pattern of rhymes. (ABCB) Rhythm: musical quality that poets create by repeating sounds‚ words and lines. Stanza: a section or verse of a poem. Drama: writing that is meant to be performed for an audience. Archetype: a familiar type of character (hero‚ villain‚ damsel in distress)
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