Real Essayist and an Eminent Writer: Robert Lynd was one of the most outstanding essayists of the 20th century. He began his career as a journalist and for nearly twenty years under the name of ‘YY’ appeared his weekly essay in The New Statesman and Nation. Like Chesterton, he had the Fleet Street for his … Read more
Her Ideals: The Bird- Like Quality of Her Songs: The quality which lends charm to Sarojini Naidu’s verse, according to Arthur Symons, is the bird- like quality of song, which it contains. The poems in which this quality may be particularly and perceptibly visible are To My Fairy Fancies, To My Children and The Flute-Player … Read more
Sarojini Naidu’s Place and Position: The Koel of South, the nightingale of India, the peacock of Bengal, Sarojini Naidu as a poetess is half Keats, half-Yeats, partly in the tradition of the Indian devotional poetry, partly in the rut of the Pre-Raphaelites and the Georgian poets. Hence it is difficult to categorize her; she is … Read more
Introduction: On the basis of their themes, Sarojini Naidu’s lyrics may be divided into five broad categories: (1) Nature-lyrics, (2) love-lyrics, (3) lyrics of life and death, (4) folk-lyrics dealing with the life of the common folk of India, and (5) miscellaneous lyrics, including patriotic lyrics. These are not watertight compartments, there is much overlapping … Read more
Mysticism: The word “Mysticism” is a derived from “Mystes” which means a person initiated into the “mysteries”. “Mystes” in its turn is derived from the Greek word “muein” which means “to keep silence”. Thus, Mysticism is the belief that knowledge of God and of Real Truth is independent of the mind and the senses. Being … Read more
According to M.K. Naik, a major shaping factor in Ezekiel’s poetry is that he belonged to a Bene – Israel family which migrated to India generations ago. Thus “substantially alienated from the core of the Indian ethos”, Ezekiel was acutely aware of this alienation by the fact that he had spent most of his life … Read more
A dramatic monologue is a lyrical or narrative poem in w single character speaks throughout the composition. The speaker comments upon a dramatic moment in his life, and during his relation of it, he reveals his own characteristics and those of the other persons involved. During his relation the reader also learns much of the … Read more
Church Going is a satire on Christianity the way Larkin describes his visit to a church is all mockery. In this poem, he shows his sceptical attitude to Christianity then his attitude of scepticism becomes emphatic when he says that, at the end of every visit to a church, he has felt much at a … Read more
Exploring a Static Situation: Waiting for Godot does not tell a story. It explores a static situation. Nothing happens, nobody comes, nobody goes, it’s awful. On a country road, by a tree two old tramps, Vladimir and Estragon are waiting. That is opening situation at the beginning of Act 1. At the end of Act … Read more
The Chief Traits of French Drama: Absurd drama is the drama which treats human life and human situation as absurd, unfit or foolish. The absurd dramatist takes things rationally and not romantically. It is a drama without traditional plot, story, or division into acts and scenes. It has fewest possible characters. In this type of … Read more