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All assonance, consonance and even the literary device of alliteration are related to one another. They are used to denote the idea of repetition. Let us look at the definitions of assonance and consonance for a better understanding.ConsonanceConsonance is defined as the repetitive sounds produced by consonants within a sentence or phrase. It has an emphasis on the final consonant letters or sound. This repetition often takes place in quick successions, such as in “dapple dawn drawn " in Gerald Manley Hopkins famous curtailed sonnet named as "Pied Beauty". But if consonance is related to repetition in terms of consonants, ... Read More

Any conference or fest in a college is a type of event which requires a lot of pre-planning and then only one can make it a huge success. In order to get some sort of praise, the organizers of the conference have to know everything in great detail before getting into the actual celebration.Check Out The Steps1. Participants In Conference: Know which delegates from which part of the country will be a part of the conference. Will there be any research scholars, teachers, students or any other important guests?2. Invite the Conference Participants: After noting the names and designations of ... Read More

LASER is an acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation. The LASER action was first proposed by Einstein.Applications of a LASERA LASER can be used in many fields. Some of its usages are given here.Used In Welding and Melting: The laser beam welding is mainly used for joining components using high welding speeds and low thermal distortion.Used In Holography: The reason that a hologram cannot be made without a LASER source is that coherence length for laser source can be very high due to which sustained interference pattern will be recorded on a hologram. This suggests the indispensable ... Read More

The Prelude is a long poem by William Wordsworth compiled into fourteen books. All these books trace his spiritual growth with the subtitle of the poem itself as its the theme, which is the growth of the poet's mind.Justification of the TitleThe title stands justified as Wordsworth describes how Nature began its mysterious work in his conscious and subconscious mind. He is convinced that there are hidden forces in Nature impacting him inadvertently right from the time he was a young boy and he thus, recounts a few incidents and comments upon their significance in shaping up his mind. The ... Read More

Theme writing is very important under the banner of Academic writing. One must keep it crisp and clear in order to avoid any confusion in it.Things to keep in mind for Theme WritingUnity: All your sentences should work around a central idea. This will happen only when at the beginning itself we know about the keywords and the key sentence in the paragraph. The key sentence in the paragraph defines our field of work or the subject matter of our creative flow of thoughts. We must strategically confine ourselves to eliminate ourselves from any sort of digression from our themeCoherence: ... Read More

Samuel Taylor Coleridge is a popular name among all Romantic poets who were influenced by the French Revolution. He was a leader of the British Romantic movement and was born on October 21, 1772, in Devonshire, England.Literary Qualities of Samuel Taylor Coleridge1. Treatment of the supernatural: He treats the supernatural in such a manner that it becomes convincing and at the same time, in some sense, a criticism of life.2. Suspension of Disbelief: The way in which Coleridge has achieved the willing suspension of disbelief has been even explained beautifully in the book The Romantic Imagination by Bowra.3. Realism: He ... Read More

Satire is a genre of English Literature which is very much confused with irony. It has the target is on the audience in a very indirect manner.Examples of Satire from English Literature:George Orwell's Animal FarmMark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry FinnAbsolem and Achitophel by John DrydenThe Devil’s Dictionary by Ambrose BierceRestoration Age as the Age of SatireRestoration age was the age of satire with John Dryden, Jonathan Swift as the major political satirists. They pointed out the follies of the then Monarch and that too through their writings. One must not forget “Absalom and Achitophel “ as the gallery of portraits ... Read More

First of all, it must be borne in mind that whatever step one takes in life-related to a course or degree, should be taken keeping in mind what does one need to achieve next or pursue next having this degree in hand. The same goes for all streams of education in India currently. Having said that, if I were to answer which out of Ph. D or NET exam in better to go with for Students pursuing masters in English Literature, again it varies from person to person.When to Choose Ph.D. over NETIf you are a sort of person who ... Read More

Shakespeare is one of the greatest of all writers. He is the one who is remembered for only the magnanimity and grandeur of his works. The works of Shakespeare can be divided into three stages - historical, comedies, and tragedies. Out of the tragedies, King Lear is a melancholic tragedy written in 1605.Features of TragedyThe hero has a terrible flaw.The mood of foreboding follows the play.Hero has experiences of providence not favoring him.The end is usually the death of one or more people as a part of the play.If not death, there is a downfall of the hero which may ... Read More

Both, Wordsworth and Coleridge were famous poets of their time, but both received praise for their own distinct writing styles.ColeridgeSamuel Taylor Coleridge is a popular name among Romantic poets who were influenced by the French Revolution. He was a leader of the British Romantic movement and was born on October 21, 1772, in Devonshire, England.Features of Coleridge’s PoetryTreatment of the Supernatural: He treats the supernatural in such a manner that it becomes convincing and at the same time, in some sense, a criticism of life.Suspension of Disbelief: The way in which Coleridge has achieved the willing suspension of disbelief has ... Read More