Between the 'babbling brook' and the 'whispering wind,' most examples of susurration make you feel like you're alone in a forest. The way words are pronounced gives them their unique sounds. We often ...

I can just picture the nation’s poets parsing over the words, the rhythm, the meaning, and the assonance and consonance of Elizabeth Alexander’s inaugural poem: “Praise Song for the Day.” These are ...

"Rap may be the music of the street corner rather than the conservatory, but mastering its verbal art requires as much attention to craft as the most rarefied forms of artistic expression." So asserts ...

REMEMBER Lingering over lingerie (by Dr Lim Chin Lam, MOE, Sept 24)? Who would have thought that prim and proper senior with a cool, calm and collected demeanour could induce a lady like me to linger ...

(Note: The three varieties of ‘ ri’ are referred to as ‘ra , ri and ru,’ the three varieties of ‘ga’ are referred to as ‘ga, gi and gu,’ the three varieties of ‘dha’ are referred to as dha, dhi and ...