Poems

What is the poem implying about what, or who lives in the house?The listeners are a vague group that listens but does not respond. They could be ghosts, words like ‘phantom’ might indicate so. The listeners hear ‘that voice from the world of men,’ which seems to imply that they Read more…

  Other than the contrasting portrayal of emotional connotations (negative and positive), both poets have dissimilar illustrations of the language and form within their poems. Within On Myself, Finch uses gustatory, kinaesthetic and visual imagery to create a picture of her thoughts and feelings. Using the word ‘taste’, the gustatory Read more…

Introduction Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18 is a captivating love story of a young man fascinated by the beauty of his mistress and affectionately comparing her to nature. The first stanza, ‘Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?’ opens the poem with an indication of a young man deeply in love Read more…

This intellectual transformation also occurs in Invictus, which focuses on a spiritual epiphany made through his physical hardships and experiences. The discovery that “I am the master of my fate” is reflective of Henley’s foot amputation and hospitalisation at the time of composition, which greatly impacted his outlook on life. Read more…

In “The Trial of John W. Hinckley, Jr.”, Douglas O Linder, illustrates how the use of the Insanity Defense changed after the verdict of not guilty by the reason of insanity was ruled in the trial of John Hinckley Jr., for the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan. After the Read more…

But as Dr. Iyengar goes on to observe, it is difficult to say when exactly the era of new poetry began either in India or in England, for even in English literature Hopkins, the Victorian has been hailed as one of the ‘modernists’, on a par with Eliot and Pound. Read more…

            Great number of people were inspired after the World War I to write about the horrific truth behind it. While the English society was praising and supporting the war, encouraging young men to fight for the cause, those same young folk suffered dreadfully. Many of them faced awful fate Read more…

The birds depend on the undergrowth of the tree for shelter. The branches of the trees are symbolized by ‘trees hair’ and during summer the birds take rest on the trees. The tree is a source of refuge for lots creatures. The poet is quite fascinated by the nature of Read more…

Romanticism is an artistic and intellectual movement originating in Europe in the late 18th century and is characterized by a heightened interest in nature, emphasis on an individual’s expression of emotion and imagination, a departure from the attitudes and forms of classicism, and rebellion against established social rules and conventions. Read more…

Wallace Stevens is one of the most anthologized poets of the early XX century. The major concern of his poetry is contemplation on the most disputable issue of humanity, i.e. belief and its role in human life. Stevens also stipulated the exclusive role of poetry and art, juxtaposing them with Read more…

The attitude of government employees has become so indifferent to public that they are not prepared to help. These unscrupulous workers do not work even for 50 per cent of the total hours of their duty. This is nothing but stealth of time. As students they were taught to solve Read more…

Beth LewisEnglish 28802/28/00Geat vs. Greek:Paternal Injunction in Beowulf and The IliadPicture this. Inside the hall, mighty shields and glistening swords await the visitors arrival. Skillfully crafted armor decorations proclaim great battles and fierce hunts. The prevailing warrior ethos and his manly power are evident throughout. It is these strong patriarchal Read more…

A Portrait of Stephen Dedalus as a Young ManA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is above all a portrait of Stephen Dedalus. It is through Stephen that we see his world, and it is his development from sensitive child to rebellious young man that forms the plot Read more…

Ralph Waldo Emerson, nineteenth century poet and writer, expresses a philosophy of life, based on our inner self and the presence of the soul. Emerson regarded and learned from the great minds of the past, he says repeatedly that each person should live according to his own thinking. I will Read more…

Gwendolyn BrooksWriting with uncommon strength, Gwendolyn Brooks creates haunting imagesof black America, and their struggle in escaping the scathing hatred of manywhite Americans. Her stories, such as in the “Ballad of Rudolph Reed”, portraycourage and perseverance. In those like “The Boy Died in My Alley” Brooksportrays both the weakness of Read more…