The Garden of Proserpine is composed by Algernon Charles Swinburne in 1866 published in his collection Poems and Ballads. This poem addresses the myth of Greek Pagan Goddess Proserpine, who is the daughter of Demeter also known as Ceres; Goddess of agriculture and crops and Jupiter who is the God of sky and thunder.
Jabberwocky is regarded as one of the greatest English nonsense piece of literary work written by Lewis Carroll. Many portmanteau words, which mean two words are joined to make one, are used by the poet such as vorpal, Jubjub, mimsy, borogoves, tumtum etc.
Remember by Rossetti is a classic Victorian poem written in 1849 and published in 1862 in her first volume, 'Goblin Market and Other Poems'. It is a Petrarchan sonnet with abba abba cdc cdc rhyming pattern and is about remembering and mourning.
The Bustle in a House, first published as 'Aftermath' in Dickinson's posthumous first collection, Poems by Emily Dickinson, in 1890, was probably written in 1866. It is a ballad with two stanzas of four lines each, or two quatrains.
Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking previously published as A Word out of the Sea in 1860 in his poetic collection 'Leaves of Grass' is composed by famous American poet Walt Whitman. Written in free lyrical verse this poem is one of the most influential and difficult one. This poem is addressed to an unknown listener or audience, or the speaker might be talking to Self. Autobiographical elements are in this poem.
Porphyria's Lover by Robert Browning was first published in 1836. It has been his ever short dramatic monologue which deals with the abnormal psychology of the lover. The lover strangles his beloved with her hair and describes the perfect happiness he finds through the killing of his beloved.
The Eagle by Alfred Lord Tennyson was first published in 1851. This very short poem is regarded as the perfect illustration of the combination of sound and meaning. Written in triplets, in just six lines, the great poet achieves success in describing the majestic scene of an eagle diving from the cliff. Though the poem is short and open ended, it is loaded with deeper meaning and different possibilities of interpretations.
Marvell's The Coronet appeals for maintaining the faith upon god and urges to contemplate the deeds of narrow minded belief of putting the crown of thorns on Jesus Christ. A shepherd is a speaker of a poem who wants to gather different flowers from different gardens to weave and make a new crown to glorify his Saviour; Jesus Christ and correct the unfair action replacing by the beautiful flowery crown that no king has yet worn.
The Vanity of Human Wishes is written by English poet Samuel Johnson in 1748 and publishes in 1749. It is a long poem of twenty five stanzas with varying lengths written in heroic couplet. The ambitious speaker investigates all the kinds of human beings and their desires and wishes, which ultimately comes to the point of futility.
The City in the Sea, published in 1845, is a lyric poem by Edger Allan Poe in which Death is personified and the setting is Gothic. Gothic setting is the chief instrument of Poe in his works of art. Its earlier version was published in 1831 as 'The Doomed City'.