The pathway to become a bard…
Exposing Tampering and Ignorance – The Distorted Poem in “Appreciation of English Literary Texts” Copyright © 2023 ELSL. All rights reservedDuplication, distribution and/or adaption of any part of the work without the written permission of ELSL is a punishable offence under the Intellectual Property Act, No. 36 of 2003. (Sri Lanka) In the pursuit of education and knowledge, …
A Narrow Perspective – A Critical Analysis of the Neglected Themes in the Syllabus’ Approach to William Blake’s “To the Evening Star” Appreciation of English Literary Texts syllabus of G.C.E. Ordinary Level, demonstrates a significant shortcoming, as it fails to delve into the profound themes and motifs embedded within William Blake’s poem, “To the Evening …
As I mentioned in the introduction, the contemporary elegy lacks meter, structure, and any form of rhyming scheme. However it is completely up to the poet to follow the modern trend or not. Rhetorics are not the determinative factor which defines whether the poem has elegiac features. Now lets have a look at some famous elegies to understand its structure.
Sonnets Copyright © 2020 ELSL. All rights reservedDuplication, distribution and/or adaption of any part of the work without the written permission of ELSL is a punishable offence under the Intellectual Property Act, No. 36 of 2003. (Sri Lanka) Sonnets originated at the Court of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II in Palermo, Sicily. The 13th-century poet and notary Giacomo da Lentini is credited with the …
Meter in poetry is measured by the ratio of stressed and unstressed syllables. It is the rhythmic structure of a line of a poem. Even though the meter is available in all kinds of writings, poetry in specific uses meter consciously to maintain the clarity of the ideas, to maintain the rhythm as well as to emphasize key concepts of poets.
