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Literary Forms & Criticism Unit-I Poetry “Ballad” Introduction The word Ballad is of French provenance. It is a type of poetry or verse which was basically used in dance songs in the ancient France. Later on, during the late 16th and 17th century, it spread over the majority of European nations. Owing to its popularity and emotional appeal, it remained a powerful tool for poets and lyricists to prepare music in the form of lyrical ballads and earn a handsome income from it. The art of Lyrical ballad as well as Ballad poetry lost popularity during the latter half of the 19th century. However, it is still read and listened to with interest in most of European countries including the British Isles. Evolution of Ballad The communal school of thought and Individualists school of thought, have dominated the world of ballad through its development. Communalists believe that the evolution of the ballad was a result of the joined and shared literary endeavors of many people. Individ...

Literary Forms and Criticism Unit-I: POETRY “Lyric” INTRODUCTION Definition: A type of poetry marked by emotion, melody, imagination and a unified effect. Lyric is any fairly short poem, uttered by a single speaker, who expresses a state of mind or a process of perception, thought, and feeling. Many lyric speakers are represented as musing in solitude. In dramatic lyrics, however, the lyric speaker is represented as addressing another person in a specific situation; instances are John Donne’s “Canonization” and William Wordsworth’s “Tintern Abbey.” In fact the word is also used in music to denote “lines of a song”. The term “lyric” includes any types of poems with the very general qualities of being personal and emotional in expression, being meditative, and being musical : so sonnets, elegies and metaphysical poems, romantic poems and even ballads and odes may be ‘lyrical’. The word ‘lyric’ is related to expression and not form. Most lyrics are meditation on loneliness by ...

Dear students, It’s a pleasure to see you all in the sophomore year of your college Programme. In this semester (III), I’m going to handle a couple of papers for you which is Allied – III, Literary Forms and Criticism, It is the nerve system of any Literature. We are going to explore the other side of Literature in this subject. In short Literary Forms is nothing but the various genres such as Prose, Poetry, Drama, and Novel. Whereas Literary Criticism means the analysis/ interpretation of the particular genre. Skill Based Elective Course- II (Soft Skills for Career Communication) in this paper we shall explore the skills which is very essential in this competitive world. This paper could transform your entire personality.   The copy of the syllabus is attached here, take a look at it   Happy Learning Sabarinathan. V Literary forms and Criticism   Soft Skills for Career Communication