Dr.

VIJAY BABURAO PANDE

Head, Dept. of English
SPMMv Washim

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 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY OF ENGLISH
LITERATURE –
B. PRASAD

Book divided in three parts

1. Poetry – B.A. I
2. Drama – B.A. III
3. Prose – B.A. II

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 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE –
B. PRASAD

POETRY
1. Subjective and Objective Poetry
2. Poetical Types
3. Stanza Forms
4. Schools and Movements

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BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE
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Subjective and Objective Poetry

1.Subject Matter.
2.Reflections.
3.Personal and Impersonal.
4.Origins.
5.Theoretical Division

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Poetical Types
1. The Lyric.
2. The Ode.
3. The Sonnet.
4. The Elegy.
5. The Idyll.
6. The Epic.
7. The Ballad.
8. The Satire.
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Poetical Types
The Lyric
1. Short Poem with single Emotion.
2. Musical Composition. (Word Music)
3. Subjective poem.
4. Structured Poem viz.
i. Motive.
ii. Bulk.
iii. Conclusion.
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Poetical Types
The Ode
1. Exalted in Subject Matter, tone, style.
2. Longer than Lyric.
3. Addressed Directly.
4. Great events as Subject Matter.
5. Types of Odes:-
i. Dorian or Pindaric Ode
ii. Lesbian or Horatian Ode.
iii. English Ode.
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Poetical Types
The Sonnet
1. Small Poem of 14 Lines.
2. Distinguished by Rhyme Scheme.
3. Varied Range of Subjects.
4. Types of Sonnets.
i. The Italian Sonnet or Petrarchan Sonnet.
abba abba cdc dcd (cde dce/ cde cde )
ii. The English Sonnet. abab cdcd efef gg
iii. The Spenserian Sonnet. abab bcbc cdcd ee

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Poetical Types
The Elegy
1. Initially Known by Subject Matter.
2. Modern connotation is with Subject.
3. No fixed form.
4. Lamentation of Dead, Defeat, Failure in
Love, Loss of Religion, literature etc.
5. Pastoral Elegy:-
Elegy written using the pastoral style, images,
symbols, etc.
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Poetical Types
The Idyll
1. Not a Distinct Species.
2. No set Form.
3. A Poem Depicting a Little Picture.
4. Simple and straight style.
5. Landscape, portrait, etc.
6. May Find in any Type of Literature.
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Poetical Types
The Epic
1. Classical type of Poetry.
2. Begins with Proposition and Invocation.
3. Full of Homeric Epithets.
4. Involves Supernatural Agents.
5. Includes thrilling episodes.
6. Divided into Books.
7. Has Moral Purpose.
8. Types of Epics:-
i. Epic of Growth.
ii. Epic of Art.
iii. Mock Epic.

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Poetical Types
The Ballad
1. Origin – English Folk Literature.
2. Sung by wandering minstrels.
3. It is in Ballad Mesure.4 feet 3 feet
4. Abrupt opening no proper introduction.
5. Impersonal treatment.
6. Repetation of lines.
7. No details of Time and Place like history.
8. Types of Ballad:-
i. Ballad of Growth.
ii. Ballad of Art.
iii. Ballad Epic.
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Poetical Types
The Satire
1. No set Literary Form.
2. Classical Origin.
3. Reform and not to hurt.
4. Straight style.
5. Varied range of subjects.
6. Social ills, crimes, corruption, immorality
etc.
7. Used widely in print media of all times.
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