Lexically, escapism means a tendency to run away or to flee from. Escapism, in literature, means an afford to escape from the hard realities of life. Especially, the romantics tormented by the stings of practical life, wanted to leave this world of misery, sorrow, suffering, and to resume a country of mind, that is, into an imaginary world of the poet’s own creation. An escapist keeps aloof from real life and its problems. He cowardly shrinks from the spectacle of human suffering and escapes from it into an imaginary world of beauty and pleasure, of all the romantics, Keats is regarded as the worst sinner in respect of escapism.
In Keats’ poetry, there are many touches of escapism. In his famous poem, Ode to a Nightingale, we see that he has wanted to escape from the world in various ways like by taking drug and poison, by drinking wine, and even through death.
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Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Alliteration in English Literature
“Full fathom five, thy father lies.”
In this line by Shakespeare, the consonant “f” sound is repeated several times and this is an example of alliteration. So we can say that alliteration is the repetition of the letter or syllables or the same sound at the beginning of the two or more words in a line. In this way language becomes musical. The definition of alliteration can be referred also in different manners. According to Abrams, it happens when the recurrent sound occurs in a conspicuous position; at the beginning of a word or of a stressed syllable within a word. Again it is said that alliteration may happen at the beginning of nearby words or in the middle or even at the end of words provided stressed syllables. The use of alliteration makes the importance of literary significance in more intensified degree. This figure of speech is more frequent in writing poetry. By using alliteration a writer presents his sense of elegance in regard of his literary understanding. It shows and employment of mastery by the writer. For examples:
a) The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew
The furrow followed free. (Coleridge)
b) Puffs, powders, patches, bibles, billet-doux. (Pope)
c) With beaded bubbles winking at the brim. (Keats)
d) Alone, alone, all, all alone,
Alone, on a wide, wide sea! (Coleridge)
In this line by Shakespeare, the consonant “f” sound is repeated several times and this is an example of alliteration. So we can say that alliteration is the repetition of the letter or syllables or the same sound at the beginning of the two or more words in a line. In this way language becomes musical. The definition of alliteration can be referred also in different manners. According to Abrams, it happens when the recurrent sound occurs in a conspicuous position; at the beginning of a word or of a stressed syllable within a word. Again it is said that alliteration may happen at the beginning of nearby words or in the middle or even at the end of words provided stressed syllables. The use of alliteration makes the importance of literary significance in more intensified degree. This figure of speech is more frequent in writing poetry. By using alliteration a writer presents his sense of elegance in regard of his literary understanding. It shows and employment of mastery by the writer. For examples:
a) The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew
The furrow followed free. (Coleridge)
b) Puffs, powders, patches, bibles, billet-doux. (Pope)
c) With beaded bubbles winking at the brim. (Keats)
d) Alone, alone, all, all alone,
Alone, on a wide, wide sea! (Coleridge)
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