The Venerable Tirikiunamale Ananda Maha Nayaka Thera has written a reverential commemorative poem, titled Guru Dev Samara, celebrating the life and times of his teacher the Reverend Ampitiye Rahula ...

Few things are more daunting to students of language than meter and scansion. The very mention of the words can glaze the eye or quicken the pulse with panic. The impulse of teachers is often to ...

If you paid any attention at all in high school English, you probably remember iambic pentameter, most likely from reading Shakespeare, and perhaps even other meters like trochaic tetrameter (the ...

The past can be a silent place for archaeologists. Despite recovering the belongings of ancient people, analyzing their diets, and even studying their bones, scholars can only imagine how they might ...