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Definitions & Differences - Play and Drama, Fiction and Non Fiction

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  Difference Between Play and Drama Drama  is a genre of literature, which is basically the script, and the actors play the role of different characters to tell the story to the viewers and facilitate interpretation. It is often designed and developed for theatrical portrayal. Drama is one of the active forms of literature, which tends to inform, educate and entertain the audience at the same time. Drama is often juxtaposed with a play.  Play  implies a piece of literature, which is written in single or multiple acts, consisting of different scenes in each act. The primary difference between play and drama is that play is a dramatic performance on the stage, whereas drama is a literary composition in the form of prose or verse, that portrays dialogue showing conflict which the main character attempts to resolve.   Drama Vs Play-Comparison Chart BASIS FOR COMPARISON PLAY DRAMA Meaning A play implies a dramatic work which includes dialogue amidst the characters, and performed in a theate

Class XII (Flamingo) Poem- 4-A Roadside Stand by Robert Frost

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        A Roadside Stand         by Robert Frost.   About the Poet Robert Frost (26 March 1874-29 January 1963) was an American poet. He was born in San Francisco and lived there until the age of eleven. In 1911, in an attempt to attract the attention of prominent and influential members of the literary world, he moved with his family to England. There he befriended Ezra Pound, who helped publish and promote his works. Poet Name Robert Frost Born 26 March 1874, San Francisco, California, United States Died 29 January 1963, Boston, Massachusetts, United States Poems The Road Not Taken Awards Robert Frost Medal, Pulitzer Prize for Poetry Robert Frost Frost returned to the United States in 1915, and by the 1920s was an established poet and won numerous prizes. Interested in reading and writing poetry from a young age, Frost attended Harvard University in Boston but never earned a degree. He was awarded the Bollingen Poetry Prize in 1963 and four Pulitzer prizes. He was honored with an inv