On World Poetry Day (21 March), as I was preparing to read a poem out loud to be recorded, so that it could be posted on some of the most...

There are twelve main literary archetypes derived from Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung's findings. The Everyman is one of the twelve: The...

There are twelve main literary archetypes derived from Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung's findings. The Jester is one of the twelve: The...

There are twelve main literary archetypes derived from Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung's findings. The Wizard is one of the twelve: A Wizard...

There are twelve main literary archetypes derived from Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung's findings. The Hero is one of the twelve: Hero,...

There are twelve main literary archetypes derived from Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung's findings. The Rebel is one of the twelve: The Rebel...

There are twelve main literary archetypes derived from Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung's findings. The Explorer is one of the twelve: The...

There are twelve main literary archetypes derived from Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung's findings. The Innocent is one of the twelve: As the...

There are twelve main literary archetypes derived from Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung's findings. The Sage is one of the twelve: The Sage...

There are twelve main literary archetypes derived from Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung's findings. The Creator/Artist is one of the twelve:...

There are twelve main literary archetypes derived from Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung's findings. The Ruler is one of the twelve: The Ruler...

Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung identified twelve archetypes to represent the human psyche, which are within the collective human...

A damsel in distress, a knight in shining armour, a villain are all examples of archetypes. While these are character archetypes, an...

"What is the matter? You've been acting strange these days, lost and dreamy." "Oh, come on, leave him be. He has been struck by the...

Irony, oxymoron and now paradox. These are related terminologies and irony is a part of both oxymoron and paradox but as literary devices...

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...

You'd recall times when you expected a certain outcome but what occurred was totally unexpected and contrary to what you had expected....

Now, that we know what irony and dramatic irony are let us find out what verbal irony could be? Verbal irony is often a statement made by...

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...

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?...