Literary Terms
Epic Simile | Definition
September 23, 2026
The epic simile is a figurative device first popularized by Homer in his epics. It is a comparison that may be as long as a dozen lines. An epic simile is used typically in epic...
Conceit | Definition
September 22, 2026
The conceit is a kind of metaphor in which an unusual comparison is extended by using witty and forced argument. This is a device that was made popular by a group of poets called the...
Lyrical Ballads | Definition
August 23, 2026
A long step forward in the history of romanticism was taken with the publication of the Lyrical Ballads in 1798 jointly by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. It was not a conscious movement at...
Pastoral Elegy | Definition
August 23, 2026
An elegy is a poem on the death of someone. And pastoral suggest that the elegy is related to ‘shepherd’, and rustic life. Pastoral elegies are poems in which the poet speaks in the guise...
Elegy | Definition
August 22, 2026
An elegy is an expression of grief. It is a song of mourning. It was originally the form of poetry on the subject of sadness, especially ‘complaints about love’. But now the word normally refers...
Ballad | Definition
August 22, 2026
The ballad is probably the simplest form of narrative poem which tells a story in simple and colloquial language. The principal function of a narrative poem is to narrate what has actually happened, that is...
