I read about masculinity in the Victorian times in one of my courses at school and have been wondering what shaped the notions of masculinity in the 19th century and has the very framework of those notions changed! The concept of masculinity in Victorian times was diverse as it was influenced by factors like economy, …
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Can prose have rhythm?
"Rhythm must have meaning," - Ezra Pound Is there rhythm in prose? Can prose have a musicality to it, a natural flow that makes it a smooth read? If a poet is a metrist, what is a prose writer? Prose writer is also a music maker. A music that comes naturally with the way the …
Interesting connotations of ‘Interesting’
“How do I look in this new outfit?” A not too close friend asked the other day. Truth be told or truth be withheld? I had so many answers to her question. Hideous! Abominable! Shocking! Totally ridiculous! I looked at her and said, “Interesting!” What a wonderful word! I felt good. I did not …
Prosopopoeia
"The iron tongue of midnight hath told twelve: Lovers, to bed; 'tis almost fairy time." (Theseus in William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act 5, Scene 1) “Iron tongue of midnight?” Prosopopoeia. A prosopopoeia (proso-po-pe-uh) is a rhetorical device in which a speaker or writer communicates to the audience by speaking as another imaginary or dead person. …
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After I was shocked and moved and upset and angry over the tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut, I thought of the lovely little angels. Just a few days before the holidays, they were taken away from their families. They must have already kept their Christmas list under the tree so Santa can fulfill their wishes. Who …
Post Sandy
Sandy had a deep emotional effect on me like the one where nothing, not even retail therapy does the trick. I couldn't have ventured to go shopping anyways with my eyes bulging out of their sockets and my hair with multiple layers of frizz like I just got electrocuted. I looked so unkempt; you would find the …
Who gave you the rose?
I came home with a single red rose-bud sitting taut on a very long stem. The edges of the petals were curled down ever so slightly and the shading there was a lighter red. Perfect rose standing in a test tube of some rose nurturing elixir. I was elated. I placed that one rose in …
Liebster Award – Thank You for nominating me.
Awards inspire! I received! I rejoice! Thank you 'Ghumakkad' (http://ghummakkad.wordpress.com)for nominating me for the 'Liebster Blog Award'. I graciously accept it. Liebster as I found out on the web, is a German word meaning 'dearest' and the award is given to bloggers who have less than 200 followers, though when I further researched …
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Casanova wants to be friends with you on Facebook – posthumously
Ya! Really! No this isn't on my wish list. I recently started thinking if I could create Facebook pages of famous or notoriously famous people from centuries ago, how would that read. But I didn't want to (or couldn't ) plagiarize the Facebook format, so I just chose to write in plain text about …
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The Rule of Three
As far back as we can think of, human race has been fascinated with the number 3. What is it with three? This first odd prime number has the magic of somehow balancing everything. Structurally: three is a triangle, literally: three are the components of a story arc and in religion we have the Holy …
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