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(b) “Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feeling: it takes its origin from
emotion recollected in tranquility.” (Preface to The Lyrical Ballads)

(c) “The anchor of my purest thoughts, the nurse,
The guide, the guardian of my heart, and the soul
Of all my moral being.” (Tintern Abbey)

#Q. Three great quotations of John Milton.

(a) “Eyeless in Gaza at the mill with slaves.” (Samson Agonistes)

(b) “To justify the ways of God to men.” (Paradise Lost)

(c) “My race of glory run, and race of shame,
And I shall shortly be with them that rest.” (Samson Agonistes)
Q. Three great quotations of John Donne.
(a) “For God’s sake hold your tongue and let me love.” (The cannonizatoin)

(b) “love all alike, no season knows, nor clime,
Nor hours, days, months, which are the rags of time.” (The Sun Rising)

(c) “Busy old fool unruly Sun,
Why dost thou thus,
Through windows, and through curtains call on us ?
Must to thy motions, lovers’ seasons run ? (The Sun Rising)
Q. Three great quotations of Francis Bacon.
(a) “A mixture of a lie doth ever add pleasure.” (Of truth)

(b) “Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability.” (Of studies)

(c) “Wives are youngmen’s mistresses; companions for middle ages; and old men’s nurses.” (Of Marriage and Single Life)

(d) “Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.”(Of studies)

. Three great quotations of S.T Coleridge.
(a) “Water, water, everywhere
Nor a drop to drink.” (The Ancient Mariner)

(b) “Alone, alone all all alone
Alone on a wide, wide sea !” (The Ancient Mariner)

(c) “He prayeth best who loveth best
All things both great and small
For the dear God who loveth us.” (The Ancient Mariner)
Q. Three great quotations of Rabindranath Tagore.
(a) “At the immortal touch of thy hands my little heart
Loses its limits in joy and gives birth to utterance ineffable.” (Gitanjali)

(b) “I touch by the edge of the far-speeding wing of my
Song thy feet which I could never aspire to reach.” (Gitanjali)

(c) “Life of my life, I shall ever try to keep my body pure,
Knowing that thy living touch is upon all my limbs.” (Gitanjali)

#Epic: - An epic is a long narrative poem that tells of grand style the history and aspiration of a national hero. The term ‘epic’ comes from the Greek word ‘epos’, which means narrative poetry, celebrating heroic incidents or achievements. There are two divisions in epic poetry- Primary epic and secondary epic.

#Lyric: - Lyric is a short poem, expressing personal or subjective thoughts and feeling of a single speaker. It is identical to a song sung with a lyre. The word “Lyric” belongs to the word “lyre”. Lyre is a musical instruments used in ancient Greece.

#Ode: - Ode is an exalted Lyric that begins with an address to some one expressing grief or agony but ends with consolation. It deals with a serious theme. For example: - Shelley’s Ode to the West Wind, Keats’ Ode to a Nightingale, Wordsworth’s Ode to Duty.
Characteristics of Ode.
1. Exalted theme
2. High seriousness
3. Rhyme and Rhythm
4. Selected diction
5. Glorification and Magnification (the main theme for any Ode)

#Ballad: - Ballad is a long narrative poem that tells a grave story through action and dialogue. It is divided two parts (i) Folk Ballad or Popular Ballad (ii) Literary Ballad.
Metaphysical Poetry: - The word “meta” means distance and “physics” means substance or objects. When the poet mingles abstract ideas or conception along with far- facet objects, it is called Metaphysical poetry. Metaphysical poetry is usually based on logical development of thoughts.

#Poetic_justice: - The word poetic justice is an important tool of the writer to provide due respect, honour or reward to the hero or heroine and to give due punishment or damnation to the villain or criminal.

#Simile: - Simile is a figure of speech which indicates explicit or direct comparison between two unlike things. e.g –Your face is like the full Moon.

#Metaphor: - Metaphor is a figure of speech that indicates implicit or indirect comparison between two unlike things. e.g – Saiful is a tiger.