Literature & Language

Is it full effect or full affect? It depends on your context, but in this article, we’ll focus on full effect as an observable emotional response. The difference between the two is reflected in the example below. To help you decide which to use, here’s an example sentence that uses effect. Read on for examples. … Read more

The poem “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” is a ballad in seven parts, yet all of them are related to one another on the basis of theme. It begins and ends in the world of ordinary values, a world of cheering and merriment and noisy din.’ The first part of the poem consists of … Read more

The simplest answer to this question is: A palindrome is a word that reads the same way, whether it is printed forward or backward. The word “radar” is one of the most common examples. Jom and dad are palindromes. There are several other words and names that fall under this heading. In addition, numbers can … Read more

We all speak with an accent based on where we come from. Sometimes it can be beneficial to rid yourself of your regional accent. There are a number of helpful steps you can use to accomplish your goal. It can be helpful to first understand the accent you have. This can be hard as you … Read more

People who like word games, mental puzzles and fun with words in general will probably be fans of spoonerisms. This term can be applied to an unintentional error or a deliberate change, with consonants or vowels changed to make the phrase or sentence sound odd and humorous. The word “spoonerism” comes from the Rev. William … Read more

The life and works of Congreve William Congreve, the great Restoration dramatist, was born in 1670 at Bardsey near Leeds. He belonged to an ancient family and his father was the commandant of a garrison near Cork in Ireland. The signal services rendered by Congreve’s father won for him high recognition in the court circles … Read more

Lord Byron (1788-1824) His Life George Gordon Byron, sixth Lord Byron, was as proud of his ancestry as he was of his poetry, and his ancestors were as extraordinary as was his poetry. They stretched back to the Norman Conquest, and included among them a notorious admiral, Byron’s grandfather. The poet’s father was a rake … Read more

Life and Works of Nissim Eizekiel The term “Indo-Anglian” is used to denote original literacy creation in the English language by Indians. Today there are a large number educated Indians who use the English language as a medium for creative exploration and expression of life. Their writing has now developed into a substantial body of … Read more

Made in Britain! I think it summarizes the origins of one of the most widely spoken languages on earth. Languages are never invented or discovered but they develop as a mode of communication between people of a locality, an area or a nation over a prolonged period of time. English belongs to the family of … Read more

His life Coleridge was born in Devonshire, and was the youngest of the thirteen children of the vicar of Ottery St. Mary. As a child, he was unusually precocious: “I never thought as a child,” he says,” never had the language of a child.” When he was nine years old, his father died; Samuel then … Read more

C. Day Lewis (1904- ), a descendant on his mother’s side from Oliver Goldsmith, was born in Eire, but while still in his infancy he came to England on the appointment of his father as vicar of Edwinstowe, in Nottinghamshire. He was a scholar of Sherborne School and an exhibitioner of Wadhan College, Oxford, and … Read more

Thomas Hardy- life and Works Thomas Hardy, the most famous Victorian novelist, was born at Upper Bock Hampton, near Stinsford in Dorset, on 2nd June, 1840. His father was a master mason. His mother came of a family, long established in Dorset. Hardy owed much to his parents and their rural background, inheriting from his … Read more

Life, Career and Reputation Whitman was born at West Hills on Long Island, on May 31, 1819. The paternal side of the family was of New England Puritan stock, and maternal of Dutch and Quaker background. His father, Walter Whitman Senior, was a carpenter, small farmer and builder. Somewhat discontented and radical, he passed on … Read more

His Life. Browning was born at Camberwell, his father being connected with the Bank of England. The future poet was educated semi-privately, and from an early age he was free to follow his inclination towards studying the usual subjects. As a child he was precocious, and began to write poetry at the age of twelve. Of … Read more

Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1860-61), whose maiden name was Elizabeth Barrett, was the daughter of a West India planter and was born at Durham. She began to write poems at the age of eight: her first published work worth mentioning was An Eassy on Mind; with Other Poems (1826), which is of slight importance. When she … Read more

Kamala Das is one of the three most significant Indian poets writing in English today, the other two being Nissim Ezekiel and Ramanujan. Her poetry is all about herself, about her intensely felt desire for love, for emotional involvement, and her failure to achieve such a relationship. Hence a knowledge of her life and personality … Read more