Three Years She Grew in Sun and Shower by William Wordsworth: Summary and Analysis

William Wordsworth's poem Three Years She Grew in Sun and Shower, is a lyrical elegy on the untimely demise of Lucy. This poem is also known as 'The Education of Nature', and is considered one of the Lucy poems. Lucy poems are written about an ideal female who is sometimes symbolized as nature, for whom the speaker feels great affection. It was written in the year of 1798 in collaboration with S.T. Coleridge and was published in 1800 in the Lyrical Ballads anthology.

Thu, Oct 17 2019

The Hollow Men by T. S. Eliot: Critical Analysis

It is most logical to consider The Hollow Men (1925) immediately after 'The Waste Land' because it is the most nearly related to 'The Waste Land'. It is, in some ways, a continuation of the earlier poem and, in others, it marks a departure from its predecessor. Like 'The Waste Land' it should be regarded as a series of poems rather than as one single poem, most of which is made up out of the lines Ezra Pound deleted from The Waste Land.

Thu, Oct 17 2019

After Apple Picking by Robert Frost: Summary and Analysis

After Apple Picking was written and published in 1914 in North of Boston. It is one of the remarkable nature-poems of Frost written in 42 lines. It is written in the first person and rich in symbolism.

Thu, Oct 17 2019

Christabel by Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Summary and Analysis

Christabel is an unfinished gothic ballad written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. It was finished in two years: first part in 1797 and second part in 1800 which was published in 1816 Christabel; Kubla Khan, A Vision; The Pains of Sleep. The story of Christabel is about a central female character of a young lady named Christabel and her encounter with a stranger called Geraldine. She claims to have been kidnaped from her home by a band of rough men.

Thu, Oct 17 2019

Fear no more the heat o' th' sun by William Shakespeare: Summary

This poem has been taken from Shakespeare's play Cymbeline. This is a death poem having universal appeal. In this poem the poet has expressed his feeling for the rest of the soul of the dead. It is written for the consolation of the dead. The poet wants to say that a dead person becomes free from all kinds of worldly anxieties. It is full of moral lessons.

Thu, Oct 17 2019

Chaucer's Art of Characterization in the Prologue of the Canterbury Tales

Chaucer is the first great painter of character because he is the first great observer of it among English writers, In fact, next to Shakespeare, Chaucer is the greatest delineator of character in English literature. In The Canterbury Tales Chaucer tried to paint faithfully the body and soul of the fourteenth century life. Before The Canterbury Tales we do not know a poem of which the primary aim was to depict and display the truthful spectacle of life.

Thu, Oct 17 2019

I felt a Funeral, in my Brain by Emily Dickinson: Summary and Analysis

This is one of the greatest poems of Emily imaginary. The theme of the poem is not the funeral, real or imaginary, but an aberration of the mind, the gradual break-up of rational powers and the final onset of madness. The theme is presented through the medium of the funeral image. Emily Dickinson finds the funeral the saddest experience in human life. She finds in it, therefore, appropriate symbols to evoke the image of decay of the mind. The poem has richly symbolic vocabulary.

Thu, Oct 17 2019

The Sick Rose by William Blake: Summary and Analysis

The Sick Rose was first published in William Blake's poetry collections Songs of Experience in 1794. This poem is one of the inexplicable poems in English literature because of its precise meaning which is difficult to draw a fix meaning. There are many possibilities of different interpretations of the analysis of The Sick Rose.

Thu, Oct 17 2019

Digging by Seamus Heaney: Summary and Analysis

Digging by Seamus Heaney was first published in 1966 in his poetry collection, Death of a Naturalist. He deals with the themes of root consciousness and respect to the ancestors in this poem.

Thu, Oct 17 2019

Naming of Parts by Henry Reed: Summary and Analysis

Naming of Parts written in 1942 by an English poet Henry Reed is a war poem written during the Second World War. It has five stanzas and is a fine lyric poem where the new recruit is being taught to operate a rifle, but at the same time is being distracted by the outer beauty of the springtime. The two distinct speakers in the poem; one the strict instructor and the other new sensitive recruit, go side by side presenting their views on war and normal life.

Sun, Sep 02 2018