Reference
Metaphysical Poetry | Definition
September 25, 2026
Though the name itself is a misnomer, but by the term “metaphysical poetry” we do not only understand the poetry written by John Donne and a few other followers, including George Herbert, John Cleveland, Richard...
Tragic Flaw | Definition
September 25, 2026
A character’s trait in a tragic hero or heroine that brings about his or her downfall in a drama or play is known to be tragic flaw. Traits like arrogance or hubris (excessive pride) are...
Protest Poetry | Definition
September 25, 2026
Protest means objection, complaint or revolt. Protest poems or protest literature refers to works that address to real socio-political issues and express objection against them. For instance, the feminist poem “Daddy” is also a poem...
Personification | Definition
September 25, 2026
Personification also known as ‘Prosopopoeia’ is a figure of speech that gives human qualities to abstract ideas, animals, and inanimate objects. It is the literary method of treating an abstract force or quality as if...
Heroic Couplet | Definition
September 25, 2026
Heroic couplet is a pair of rhymed lines with iambic pentameter. This form of poetry was popularized and highly developed by the neo-classical poets, especially Alexander Pope. Chaucer was the first literary figure to compose...
Theatre of the Absurd | Definition
September 25, 2026
The term ‘Theatre of the Absurd’ is applied to a number of dramatic works which share the view that the human condition is essentially absurd by which is meant a lack of meaning in life....
Harlem Renaissance | Definition
September 25, 2026
Harlem Renaissance is a literary movement that emerged exclusively in African American area of Harlem, New York in 1920s. A mass migration had taken place in Harlem from the South after the World War I....
Stream of Consciousness Technique | Definition
September 25, 2026
The stream of consciousness technique is a definite mode of writing novels developed in the early twentieth century. We may define stream of consciousness fiction as a type of fiction in which the basic emphasis...
Kunstlerroman | Definition
September 24, 2026
This is a category of a novel in with ‘novel of the artist’ examines the development of the artist from childhood to the point when the subject realizes his or her artistic potential and mission....
Rhythm | Definition
September 24, 2026
Rhythm is a music effect in the poetry which can’t be apparently seen as meter; rather it can be grasped through the quality of music. Usually rhythm is flourished with the use of alliteration, assonance...
