Present Continuous Tense – Definition and Concept We have already defined the tense of the verb as the time of occurrence or execution of the verb with respect to the time of making the statement. One of the three tenses of the verb is the present tense,…
Simple Present Tense – Definition and Concept We have already defined the tense of the verb as the time of occurrence or execution of the verb with respect to the time of making the statement. One of the three tenses of the verb is the present tense,…
Tenses – Definition and Concept Verb is a multi-functional part of speech that provides various kinds of information about the sentence. One of the characteristics of the verb is to show the tense of the sentence. What is the tense of a…
Subject Verb Agreement Subjects of a Verb Of the different ‘parts of speech’ of English grammar, verbs are the most important kind. It is mandatory for every sentence in the English language to have a verb. So what exactly is a verb?…
Class 9 Poem 4 Workbook EXTRACT I Q: Who was the old man? Who else were with him? Where were they?(i) Kaspar, was the old man. His grandchildren, Peterkin and Wilhelmine, were with him. They were sitting in the sun…
Critical Appreciation “After Blenheim†is an anti-war poem written in the traditional ballad form by Robert Southey where an old man, sitting in front of his cottage intently watches his grand children playing on the field. The cottage, having an…
“After Blenheim,” also known as “The Battle of Blenheim,” is an anti-war poem written by Robert Southey, who was named poet laureate of England for his contributions to poetry. It was written in the style of a ballad. The poem’s…
Themes of The Wild Swans at Coole Death and the passage of timeThe speaker’s gloomy mood in the poem stems from his realization that so much has changed since he began counting the swans at this lake nineteen years earlier.…
The Wild Swans at Coole by WB Yeats Introduction “The Wild Swans at Coole” lyric poem written by Irish poet William Butler Yeats (1865–1939) and published in a collection of the same name in 1917. It is a wonderful poem…
SHORT SUMMARY OF ROMEO AND JULIET The play is set in Verona, Italy, where a feud has broken out between the families of the Montegues and the Capulets. The servants of both houses open the play with a brawling/ fighting…
The Age of Shakespeare Hello and welcome back to another article. In this article, we are going to enter what we broadly call the Shakespearean Age. This age includes the whole period extending from the accession of Elizabeth in 1558…
‘Dreams’ by Langston Hughes SummaryIn the poem, the word “dreams” is personified. The life of dreams stands in stark contrast with the images of death that follow. The poem’s impact comes from its figurative language. The personification and imagery have…
