ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -A tercet is a stanza of poetry with three lines; it can be a single-stanza poem or it can be a verse embedded in a larger poem. A tercet can have several rhyme schemes, or might not have any lines of poetry that rhyme at all.

Detailed explanation-2: -The poet’s attitude toward the poem’s speaker, reader, and subject matter, as interpreted by the reader. Often described as a “mood” that pervades the experience of reading the poem, it is created by the poem’s vocabulary, metrical regularity or irregularity, syntax, use of figurative language, and rhyme.

Detailed explanation-3: -However, be at pains to explain that Atwood does not use positive vocabulary when describing these faults, but we can take her words to be sarcastic due to the tone of the poem. She refers to these imperfections as ‘hysteria’ – madness – which is really the view of her city planners.

Detailed explanation-4: -Mary Oliver’s poem When Death Comes is a meditation on death and an uplifting reminder of the joy and importance of a life well-lived. Above all, she wishes curiosity for herself as she steps through the door into the ‘cottage of darkness.