Brahma is a poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson, written in 1856. It is named after Brahma, the Hindu god of creation. Brahma is one of the gods in Trinity (Consisting of Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh). Brahma is a poem that presents a faithful version of a basic idea stressed in the Bhagawad Gita that is the souls' immortality.
Mont Blanc: Lines Written in the Vale of Chamouni often quoted as Mont Blanc is an ode by one of the most famous Romantic poets P. B. Shelley in 1816 during his visit to the Chamonix Valley. Published posthumously in 1822, this poem deals with the nature and its power and the ability of the human mind to comprehend the truth behind nature.
The poem 'The Definition of Love' by Andrew Marvell depicts the Platonic idea of Love as an unfulfilled longing. When the poem commences the speaker is somewhat confused by the discovery of his love being so rare and strange and yet so extraordinary that it just causes despair in the speaker and the possibility of getting the love is almost null.
In Before the Birth of One of Her Children, a pregnant wife is the speaker and her husband is the addressee. During the time in which this poem was written, the complication of pregnancy had taken many lives. And the speaker is aware of the possible complication.
A Description of a City Shower by famous satirist Jonathan Swift was first published in 1710 in the Tarter magazine. This poem is regarded as the best composition of Jonathan Swift. It is written in the context of people's attraction towards the city life.
She Walks in Beauty is an eighteen line poem written in 1814 and published in 1815. This poem is not a love poem, but a celebration of a woman's beauty. The speaker never says he is in love with the lady, but he thinks she is really beautiful.
This poem is an extract from a sonnet sequence Pamphilia to Amphilanthus. Pamphilia, a lady, is trying to give an advice to a man named Amphilanthus that love should be controlled. The poem has a very regular rhyming structure of five quatrains with an aabb rhyme scheme.
The Phoenix and the Turtle by William Shakespeare is an allegorical poem and is regarded as one of the vague poems of English literature. Because of its obscure content, many contradictory interpretations are found about the poem. Many critics agree that this poem is the first published metaphysical poem.
Ye Goatherd Gods was published posthumously in 1593 in The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia. It is a pastoral poetry, where two shepherds happened to love the same lady, but, unfortunately, she left both of them and they were heartbroken and became sad. They complaint to the Gods and to the nature for the pain they have because of the dejection of the lady. They cannot see any happiness in the world as they are blindfolded due to severe emotional pain.
The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd by Sir Walter is a poetic response and a parody of the poem The Passionate Shepherd to His love by Christopher Marlowe. A young girl is the speaker in this poem who replies realistically and sometimes pessimistically to the optimistic shepherd of Marlowe's poem.