phoenix of literature

Q & A on PARADISE LOST BOOK - IX by John Milton ( PART - I)  1) Who is mentioned as  Angel Guest in paradise lost IX?  Ans: Raphael.  2) Who is mentioned as sin and her shadow?  Ans: Death and Misery.  3) Who is mentioned as 'Celestial Patroness' by Milton himself?  Ans: Urania.  4) Name the muse invoked by Milton in paradise lost?  Ans: Urania.  5) Mention the number of books; muse Urania was invoked in paradise lost?  Ans: Book 1,Book 7 and Book 9. 6) Urania is a muse of ____________. Ans: Muse of Astronomy.  7) Paradise lost was written in the form of _____________. Ans: unpremeditated verse.  8) What does unpremeditated verse meant?  Ans: Heroic verse without rhyme.  9) Name the meter used in paradise Lost?  Ans: Unrhymed Iambic Pentameter.  10) Name the star mentioned in paradise lost while Satan entered the Garden.  Ans: Hesperus Star.  11) Who is Guardian Angel of Eden?...

  “If It Were Spring”                           -      Leonard Cohen REVERSING DEFORESTATION IS COMPLICATED;  PLANTING A TREE IS SIMPLE                                                 -MARTIN O'MALLEY The poem “If It Were Spring” was written by Leonard Norman Cohen. He was a Canadian poet, novelist, song writer and singer. He was mainly written on the themes of isolation, depression, sexuality, religion, politics, loss, death and romantic relationships. His important works are I’m Your Man, You Want It Darker, Live in London, Old Ideas, Famous Blue Raincoat, Death of a Ladies’ Man and Birds on the Fire . He received the Quebec Literary Competition Prize for his first novel The Favourite Game in1964. He got Canadian Author’s Association Literary Award for his poetry Book of M...