“Language Change or Shift” in Sociolinguistics Language, as defined by most, is the most common form of oral and written communication among humans. While each human who is capable of producing and receiving (hearing) sounds, uses a specific language to communicate, many speech communities are often seen to change from one language to another. Language …

Wha is Aristotlean conception of plot? How far does it apply to the plot of King Oedipus? Or, Discuss the plot-construction of King Oedipus. How far does it conform to Aristotlean view of plot? In his book Poetics Aristotle gives a clear conception of plot in a drama. For him it is the “first principle”, and “the …

…………………………….. O , Wind,If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind? Ans The quoted lines occur in the celebrated poem “Ode to the West Wind” by the great Romantic poet P. B. Shelley. This is the prophetic utterance of the poet about regeneration. Shelley’s optimism about a brighter future is at the peak here. Shelley is …

And, by the incantation of this verse,      Scatter, as from an unextinguished hearth                                                                                  …

Be thou, Spirit fierce,My spirit! Be thou me, impetuous one!Drive my dead thoughts over the universeLike withered leaves to quicken a new birth! Ans  The quoted lines occur in the celebrated poem “Ode to the West Wind” by the great Romantic poet P. B. Shelley. Here the poet implores the West Wind to convey to …

Make me thy lyre, even as the forest is:What if my leaves are falling like its own!The tumult of thy mighty harmoniesWill take from both a deep, autumnal tone,Sweet though in sadness. Ans  The quoted lines occur in the celebrated poem “Ode to the West Wind” by the great Romantic poet P. B. Shelley. Here …

Oh, lift me as a wave, a leaf, a cloud!                                                                                            …

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there are spreadOn the blue surface of thine aery surge,Like the bright hair uplifted from the headOf some fierce Maenad, even from the dim verge Of the horizon to the zenith’s height,The locks of the approaching storm. Ans  The quoted lines occur in the celebrated poem “Ode to the West Wind” by the great Romantic …

(1) Wild Spirit, which art moving everywhere;Destroyer and preserver; hear, oh, hear! Ans. The quoted lines occur in the celebrated poem “Ode to the West Wind” by the great Romantic poet P. B. Shelley. Here the poet speaks about the dual aspect of West Wind as destroyer and a preserver. The wind is a wild spirit, …