A Glossary of selected A Glossary of selected literary termsliterary terms

Name : prakruti BhattName : prakruti BhattRoll no : 19Roll no : 19

Sam : 1Sam : 1Year : 2012-13Year : 2012-13

Paper : 3 – Literary Theory Paper : 3 – Literary Theory and Criticismand Criticism

Dept. of English, M . K .S . Dept. of English, M . K .S . Bhavnagar UniversityBhavnagar University

Poetic DictionPoetic Diction

Diction

Words Phrases SentenceStructures

In Modern discussion , the term Poetic In Modern discussion , the term Poetic diction applied especially two poets,diction applied especially two poets,

1.1. Edmund Spenser – Elizabethan ageEdmund Spenser – Elizabethan age2.2. G . M . Hopkins – Victorian ageG . M . Hopkins – Victorian age “ “The language of the age is never the The language of the age is never the

language of poetry.” –Thomas Graylanguage of poetry.” –Thomas Gray “ “Essential difference between the language Essential difference between the language

of Prose and metrical Composition.” – of Prose and metrical Composition.” – William WordsworthWilliam Wordsworth

The world from a Railway The world from a Railway carriage carriage

““Faster then fairies , faster then witches,Faster then fairies , faster then witches,Bridges and houses , hedges and ditches;Bridges and houses , hedges and ditches;And charging along , like troops in a battle,And charging along , like troops in a battle,All through the meadows the horses and cattle: All through the meadows the horses and cattle: All of the sights of the hill and the plainAll of the sights of the hill and the plainFly as thick as driving rain;Fly as thick as driving rain;And ever again , in the wink of an eye,And ever again , in the wink of an eye,

Painted station whistle by.” Painted station whistle by.” R.L.StevensonR.L.Stevenson

SongSongDefinition of Song :Definition of Song :1616thth & 17 & 17thth centuries England produced centuries England produced

Song, Ex: Sir Thomas Wyatt,Song, Ex: Sir Thomas Wyatt, My lute awake ! Perform the last,My lute awake ! Perform the last, Labour that thou and I shall waste,Labour that thou and I shall waste, The end that I have now begun;The end that I have now begun; For when this song is sung and past,For when this song is sung and past, My lute be till, for I have done.My lute be till, for I have done.

Elizabethan period & Jacobean period’sElizabethan period & Jacobean period’s famous poets:famous poets: * Thomas Campion* Thomas Campion * John Dowland* John Dowland

1919thth Century – Thomas Hardy Century – Thomas Hardy

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Bhavnagar University.Bhavnagar University.