ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -There are five main elements that can be found in American Indian Poems: the hero initiation, trickster characters, symbolic landmarks, mythology, and the practice of oral tradition.

Detailed explanation-2: -Indian English differs from western or native English in a number of ways like theme, language, style of writing, imagery etc. The poems were written in Indian English get more connected to Indians because it is ‘for the Indians and by the Indian’.

Detailed explanation-3: -Traditional Native American poetry was presented orally and included songs, such as lullabies, love songs, complaints, laments, curses, war cries, and death songs. It also included songs embedded in narratives that were performed by storytellers at dramatic or emotionally charged moments.