Text of the Poem: A Poison Tree I was angry with my friend; I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe: I told it not, my wrath did grow. And I waterd it in fears, Night & morning with my tears: And I sunned it with smiles, And … Read more
Text of the Poem The Tiger (The Tiger) Tyger Tyger, burning bright,In the forests of the night;What immortal hand or eye,Could frame thy fearful symmetry? In what distant deeps or skies.Burnt the fire of thine eyes?On what wings dare he aspire?What the hand, dare seize the fire? And what shoulder, & what art,Could twist the … Read more
Text of the Poem Leisure What is this life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare. No time to stand beneath the boughs And stare as long as sheep or cows. No time to see, when woods we pass, Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass. No … Read more
The Rape of the Lock is a mock-epic and a piece of social satire where Alexander Pope depicts the society of that time. The Rape of the Lock covers many themes, major themes in “The Rape of the Lock” are beauty and appearance, religion and morality, immorality and pursuits of upper class, victory and defeat, … Read more
Branches of Linguistics | Micro Linguistics & Macro Linguistics Linguistics is defined as the scientific study of language. First we should know that what is language? Language is a method of communication across human beings, either written or spoken, consisting of the use of words in a structured way. In simple words, language is a … Read more
Introduction to Linguistics Linguistics is a scientific study of languages. Linguistics aims to discover multiple aspects that include: How a language originates, How languages evolved over a period of time, and How our mind perceives a language to communicate. It further adds on the analysis of the different aspects within a language such as the … Read more
Language is a method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way; language is a method of expression or communication. Linguistics can be defined as the scientific study of language, encompassing its structure, sounds, meaning, and social contexts. It investigates how languages are structured, … Read more
What is Pragmatics? Pragmatics is a branch or field of linguistics, which focuses on relations between languages and their users. In linguistics and philosophy, it focuses on what a speaker implies and how a listener infers. It contrasts with semantics, which focuses on the study of literal meanings of linguistic signs. Pragmatics is then the study … Read more
What are Articulatory Gestures? In order to fully describe a sound mechanism of a language, we need to know about moments by articulators during the speech production. The movement of articulators is known as articulatory gestures. Let us explore major articulatory gestures in English language sounds system. There are two types of articulators that play … Read more
Capitalization Rules in English language are a little complex compared to other language writing systems. Capitalization is the way of writing a word in which the first letter of word is capitalized and other remain in lowercase. Here are some rules for capitalization in English. Rule 1: Capitalize the first letter of the first word … Read more
Punctuation marks in English grammar are the marks to show some special category of a sentence e.g., interrogative sentences are followed by a specific sign/mark: question mark and shows that someone has a question in a sentence or exclamatory mark are used to show emotions. There are many punctuation marks in English language. Punctuation marks in … Read more
Definition of the Word A word is a speech sound or a combination of sound having a particular meaning for an idea, object or thought and has a spoken or written form. In English language word is composed by an individual letter (e.g., ‘I’), I am a boy, or by a combination of letters (e.g., … Read more
Would, Could, and Should are termed as auxiliary verbs or modal verbs and are part of our day life conversation. Like all other modal auxiliaries, would, could and should usually don’t change their form. Keep in your mind that would is used to talk about something that will happen in an imagined situation. We use could to talk about … Read more
Active voice sentences are the sentences where a subject of a sentence that acts upon its verb on the other hand, passive voice sentences are those sentences where a subject of a sentence is a recipient of a verb’s action. What’s the difference between active and passive voice? Active voice In active voice the subject of a sentence performs … Read more
Among and between are two such words that can be easily confused. As a non-native English speaker, you may be familiar with the frustration of trying to use the right words in a sentence. Among and between are two words that are often used interchangeably, even though they have different meanings. Understanding the differences between … Read more