ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Ring composition means that a topic stated at the beginning of a speech or passage is repeated, either verbatim or in similar language, at the end of the speech or passage. Often, a series of topics mentioned in the first half recurs in reverse order in the second half.

Detailed explanation-2: -The pattern known as ring composition is a formal device signaling closure which is typical of archaic Greek literature (and generally of oral and orally-influenced literatures). Closure is effected formally by repeating at the end a theme announced at the beginning.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Iliad is considered an example of epic poetry because it features legendary Greek heroes, myths, and battles that would have been well known to readers and listeners at the time.

Detailed explanation-4: -Ring composition is a way of indicating the unity of a specific episode by means of symmetry: the first element corresponds to the last, the second to the next-to-last, and so on.