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Percy Bysshe Shelley as a Romantic Poet

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  ● Introduction: Percy Bysshe Shelley is considered a later Romantic poet. Along with Lord Byron and John Keats, he belonged to the second generation of Romantic poets. His work, which emerged in the early 19th century, followed the initial wave of Romanticism led by poets like William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. ■ Points of Shelley as a Romantic Poet: Shelley is a Romantic poet because his works show several characteristics of Romanticism: ● Love of Nature ● Imagination ● Melancholy  ● Supernaturalism and Mysticism ● Beauty  ● Innovation in Style and Form ☆ Love of Nature: Percy Bysshe Shelley’s appreciation for nature is evident throughout his poetry, reflecting a fundamental characteristic of Romantic poets. In “Mont Blanc,” Shelley pays tribute to the awe-inspiring presence of the natural landscape: "The everlasting universe of things Flows through the mind, and rolls its rapid waves, Now dark—now glittering—now reflecting gloom." Here, the mountain is no...

" A Tale of a Tub" by " Jonathan Swift"

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This task is given by Bhatt Prakruti ma'am  1. Analyze “A Tale of a Tub” as a Religious Allegory. Discuss how the narrative of the three brothers as well as the digressions critique the various religious practices and ideologies. * Introduction: Jonathan Swift's A Tale of a Tub (1704) is a complex satirical work that targets religious factions, corruption, and intellectual pretensions in post-Reformation Europe. As a religious allegory, the tale provides a biting critique of the various branches of Christianity, using the narrative of three brothers as a means to allegorically represent different religious practices and ideologies, especially within the Christian tradition. * Overview of the Allegory: The story of A Tale of a Tub centers on three brothers—Peter, Martin, and Jack—who represent Roman Catholicism, Anglicanism, and various forms of Protestantism (particularly Calvinism and Puritanism), respectively. The brothers are bequeathed identical coats from their father (re...

Features of Puritan age

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  This task is given by Barad Dilipsir. https://images.app.goo.gl/CZcKUMxKPkKzT6Za8 * The main characteristics of the Puritan Age: * Introduction  The literature of the seventeenth century may be divided into two periods - The puritan age or the age of Milton (1600-1660) which is further divided into the Jacobean and Caroline periods after the names of the ruled James I and Charles I who rules from 1603 to 1625 to 1649 respectively and restoration period or the age of Dryden (1660-1700). * Features of the Puritan Age: In puritan age new spirit came to the society, A literary mission started from Renaissance age was accomplished in puritan age. The salient Features are;  * The writers of puritan ages followed the paths of the great Renaissance writers. * The spirit of science popularized by great men like Newton , Bacon. * In literature the spirit influses itself in the form of  criticism which was truly the creation of puritan age. * In this period people took stock ...

The Post Truth

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 This task is given by Barad Dilipsir.     The phenomenon of '' THE POST -TRUTH'' rocketed to public attention in November 2016, when the Oxford Dictionaries named it 2016's word of the year. The Oxford Dictionaries define '' post-truth'' as ''relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief. Here I mention some facts ; Here we can say that the problem of the Government Law College.  In Gujarat there are 35 private law colleges but the Government colleges are only 3. This news was given in Gujarat samachar on 9th september,2024.This is a big problem for law students.    This news reweflect the problem of   Bridge Builder's excessive desire for wealth. The builder demands a lot of  rupeees but the quality of work is nowhere to be seen.They say it's the bridge to the future but we didn't know the future had so many potholes.This ...

Analysis of the poem 'Lockdown '

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  Blog task by Barad Dilip sir :    The brief summary of the poem: * Introduction:   The poem ' Lockdown ' is written by poet Laureate simon Armitage. This poem is about the lockdown situation during Covid-19 with some examples by poet. It's Published in " The Gaurdian" on 21 March,2020. * The first part of the poem:  In this poem , The poet discuss about two dreams. In the first part of the poem the poet talk about A hallucinating dream sequence of 1665-66 plague stricken village, Eyam. Here the poet firstly discuss about the situation of 1665-66 in London during plague.  He told Black death place London. It means London become a death place. People dying on the road. Here the poet gives example of Kalidasa's "Meghdutam" also.  Then He discuss about the corona situation. The description of sanitizer, mask ,separation of family etc.Here he mention one story also. It's about the lover's separation during corona. The story of Rewald Torre and E...

WORDSWORTH: AS A ROMANTIC POET

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Wordsworth was born in 1770  at Cokermouth,cumberland and spent his seventeen years in cumberland hills.He started writing from 1797 to 1799 a very short period but very important in his life and for the romantic period and from 1799 he has taken retirement from his work of writing and spent time in between the nature at northern lake region where he was born. He was very close to the nature which experience has which experience has reflected in all his poetry. * Features of Wordsworth as Romantic poet: * Nature: Wordsworth's poetry embodies pantheistic qualities as he influses his world with sublime and divine qualities giving nature restorative and transformative power. Wordsworth's poems contend that manifestation of the natural world inspire spontaneity and emotions by immersing themselves in nature.  * For example: " I wandered lonely as a cloud". This poem captures the beauty of nature and it's transformative effects on the emotions of those surrounded by su...

Virtual Teacher's Day celebration 2024

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 Hello everyone... My self Nishtha Desai. I am student of Department of English from Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji University, Bhavnagar. On 5th September,2024 we celebrate virtual Teacher's Day. Here the link of my you tube channel  https://youtube.com/@nishthadesai7?si    In this video I discuss about one of   the Metaphysical Poem by John Donne "DEATH BE NOT PROUD ". In the description there are my Quiz link and Ted.ed link also attached.  Quiz link:  https://forms.gle/n132BxJVsrD21nXU9 Ted.ed link: https://ed.ted.com/on/j35eFw2a If you attempt quiz you will get certificate in your mail. So, I learn many things how to make video, quiz , certificate. I want say thank you to my teacher's, senior's, my class mate and family members, friends who appreciate me . Thank you.. NISHTHA DESAI.