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Lakshmi
Apr 20, 20222 min read
One Verse Every Week 'THE EVERYMAN ARCHETYPE'
There are twelve main literary archetypes derived from Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung's findings. The Everyman is one of the twelve: The...
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Lakshmi
Apr 13, 20221 min read
One Verse Every Week 'THE JESTER ARCHETYPE'
There are twelve main literary archetypes derived from Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung's findings. The Jester is one of the twelve: The...
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Lakshmi
Apr 6, 20222 min read
One Verse Every Week 'THE WIZARD ARCHETYPE'
There are twelve main literary archetypes derived from Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung's findings. The Wizard is one of the twelve: A Wizard...
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Lakshmi
Mar 30, 20222 min read
One Verse Every Week 'THE HERO ARCHETYPE'
There are twelve main literary archetypes derived from Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung's findings. The Hero is one of the twelve: Hero,...
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Lakshmi
Mar 23, 20223 min read
One Verse Every Week 'THE REBEL ARCHETYPE'
There are twelve main literary archetypes derived from Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung's findings. The Rebel is one of the twelve: The Rebel...
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Lakshmi
Mar 16, 20222 min read
One Verse Every Week 'THE EXPLORER ARCHETYPE'
There are twelve main literary archetypes derived from Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung's findings. The Explorer is one of the twelve: The...
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Lakshmi
Mar 9, 20221 min read
One Verse Every Week 'THE INNOCENT ARCHETYPE'
There are twelve main literary archetypes derived from Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung's findings. The Innocent is one of the twelve: As the...
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Lakshmi
Mar 2, 20222 min read
One Verse Every Week 'THE SAGE ARCHETYPE'
There are twelve main literary archetypes derived from Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung's findings. The Sage is one of the twelve: The Sage...
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Lakshmi
Feb 16, 20221 min read
One Verse Every Week 'THE RULER'
There are twelve main literary archetypes derived from Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung's findings. The Ruler is one of the twelve: The Ruler...
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Lakshmi
Jan 12, 20221 min read
One Verse Every Week 'OXYMORON'
Man cub. Yes, this figure of speech would be familiar to some of us. The Bengal tiger Shere Khan, the fictional character and the main...
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Lakshmi
Jan 5, 20221 min read
One Verse Every Week 'SITUATIONAL IRONY'
You'd recall times when you expected a certain outcome but what occurred was totally unexpected and contrary to what you had expected....
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laxmihere
Dec 22, 20211 min read
One Verse Every Week 'IRONY'
Irony as a literary device is when a situation is is unanticipated or contrary to what is expected or is the reality. When the unexpected...
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Lakshmi
Dec 15, 20212 min read
One Verse Every Week 'IMAGERY'
The terminology itself is quite telling. When you read a piece of literature do you drift into a world those words have painted for you?...
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laxmihere
Dec 9, 20211 min read
One Verse Every Week 'SOLILOQUY'
This, now, is tricky because soliloquy is not simply a verse feature. It, however, can be in verse as well as prose forms. This a feature...
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Lakshmi
Nov 17, 20211 min read
One Verse Every Week 'THEME'
It is what is the underlying idea or meaning of a text. We are used to being asked after having read a book, or a story or watched a...
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Lakshmi
Nov 10, 20211 min read
One Verse Every Week 'MOOD'
Now, we know what tone is as a literary device. It is quite often confused with mood. Mood is what the reader and/or audience experience...
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Lakshmi
Nov 3, 20211 min read
One Verse Every Week 'TONE'
What does one mean when one says, "I didn't like his tone." or "Don't you dare speak to me in that tone!" or "That song has a happy...
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Lakshmi
Oct 27, 20212 min read
One Verse Every Week 'EUPHONY'
Rock a-bye, baby, On the tree top, When the wind blows, The cradle will rock. When the bough breaks, The baby will fall, Down will come...
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Lakshmi
Oct 20, 20211 min read
One Verse Every Week 'CACOPHONY'
Lady Macbeth: Out, damned spot! out, I say!--One: two: why, then, 'tis time to do't.--Hell is murky!--Fie, my lord, fie! a soldier, and...
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Lakshmi
Oct 13, 20211 min read
One Verse Every Week 'ALLITERATION-RETURNS'
These lines, 'She sells seashells at the seashore' or Betty Botter bought a bit of butter but the bit of butter was bitter so Betty...
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