ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Nursery rhymes, also known as Mother Goose rhymes, can be broadly defined as short songs and verses often read or sung to, or by, young children. Generally, these verses are anonymous, although the term nursery rhyme has also been applied to works written by known authors.

Detailed explanation-2: -Nursery rhymes are basically short poems which are read or sung to babies and young children. Interestingly, the overwhelming majority of nursery rhymes were not actually composed for children and they were not originally called ‘nursery rhymes’.

Detailed explanation-3: -A nursery rhyme is a traditional poem or song for children in Britain and many other countries, but usage of the term dates only from the late 18th/early 19th century. The term Mother Goose rhymes is interchangeable with nursery rhymes.

Detailed explanation-4: -A traditional rhyme is generally a saying, sometimes a proverb or an idiom, couched in the form of a rhyme and often passed down from generation to generation with no record of its original authorship.

Detailed explanation-5: -The term nursery rhyme is used for “traditional” songs for young children in Britain and many English speaking countries; but this usage dates only from the nineteenth century, and in North America the older Mother Goose rhyme is still often used.