CONTENT BACKGROUND /SETTING PLOT SUBJECT MATTER / THEME / MOTIF CHARACTER / CHARACTERIZATION These literary terms that will be discussed later are seen also to be the conventions of creative writing or concrete issues considered when appreciating a literacy work. That is, a proper understanding of these terms would yield proper appreciation and understanding of […]
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Below are some of the popular poetic devices often used by not only poets but also by prose writers and play writers. Although any literary author could use them and some do, they are of the poetic origin. METAPHOR A metaphor is an indirect comparison between two different things with a common attribute. It is […]
CONTENT ABOUT THE POET George Hebert was born in Wales in 1593. He was an English poet, orator and Anglican priest. His background as a clergyman had a profound influence on his writings. He has been classified as a metaphysical poet. His poems were greatly influenced by John Donne’s works because the latter was his […]
CONTENT ANALYSIS The poem “The School Boy” is a romantic piece that celebrates nature, the rustic setting, as a companion. The poet persona draws consolation from nature unlike the classroom that he sees as a cage. This is an irony. The classroom ought and should be a place of liberation and enlightenment of the soul. […]
ABOUT THE POET Dr. Gbemisola Adeoti is a lecturer in the English Department of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. His area of teaching and research includes Dramatic Literature, Poetry, Literary History/theory and Popular Culture. He is the author of Naked Soles, co-editor (with Bjom Beckman) of Intellectuals and African Development and editor of Muse and […]
CONTENT ABOUT THE POET BACKGROUND OF THE POEM CONTENT ANALYSIS THEME POETIC DEVICES STRUCTURE OF THE POEM MOOD TONE POETRY: “PIANO AND DRUMS” BY GABRIEL OKARA ABOUT THE POET Gabriel ImomotimeOkara was born in Nembe in the present day Bayelsa state of Nigeria in 1921-1971. He attended a prestigious Government College Umuahiea. Okara is one of the […]
PLOT ACCOUNT Othello begins on a street in Venice, in the midst of an argument between Roderigo, a rich man, and Iago. Roderigo has been paying Iago to help him in his suit to Desdemona. But Roderigo has just learned that Desdemona has married Othello, a general whom Iago begrudgingly serves as ensign. Iago says […]
Plot summary Book One: Fear Bigger Thomas wakes up in a dark, small room at the sound of the alarm clock. He lives in one room with his brother Buddy, his sister Vera, and their mother. Suddenly, a rat appears. The room turns into a maelstrom and after a violent chase, Bigger claims the life […]
FIRST TERM E-LEARNING NOTE SUBJECT: LITERATURE IN ENGLISH CLASS: SS3 SCHEME OF WORK WEEK TOPIC 1 Revision of Last Term Work. 2-4 Reading and Analyzing Non-African Drama: Othello by William Shakespeare. 5-6 Revision of African Poems. 7-8 Revision of Non-African Poems. 9-10 Revision of Literary Terms. REFERENCE Exam Focus by J.O.J. NwachukwuAgbada et al. Essential […]