London by William Blake Vocabulary manacles – chains that bind hearse – used to transport a coffin Short Summary In the first stanza, Blake introduced his reader to the narrator as he wanders around the chartered society. A society in which he looks has “marks of woe.” In the second…
To a Mouse by Robert Burns Vocabulary dominion – ruled-over land coulter – the blade of a plough Short Summary To a Mouse is a beautiful poem written by an evergreen poet Robert Burns in 1785. This poem was written after the speaker of the poem accidentally ruined the nest…
This poem Abou Ben Adhem is is a short, fable-like poem written by an English poet James Henry Leigh Hunt. The central idea of this poem is that God love those who loves their fellow men. Love of fellow men is the best type of worship. Abou Ben Adhem’s name was top of the list of those, who love their fellowmen. In this the poet has conveyed the ideas of happiness, peace and love through easy and flowing rhymed couplets.
Introduction A Red, Red Rose by Rober Burns is a beautiful romantic poem first published in 1794 in A Selection of Scots Songs, edited by Peter Urbani. Burns ‘ poem was both influenced by a simple Scottish song he had heard in the country and by ballads written from that…
Composed upon Westminster Bridge, Sept. 3, 1802 by William Wordsworth Questions and Answers 1. What is the rhyme and meter of this poem? What form of poetry do these schemes reveal the poem to be in? The poem is a Petrarchan sonnet, written in iambic pentameter and following the rhyme…
The World is Too Much with Us, Late and Soon by William Wordsworth Vocabulary sordid – dirty boon – blessing, gift forlorn – sad, sorrowful creed – statement of believe Questions and Answers 1. What is the poem’s form and meter? The poem is a Petrarchan sonnet, written in iambic…
Kubla Khan by Samuel Taylor Coleridge Vocabulary sinuous – twisting cedarn – cedar chaffy – teasingly dulcimer – an hourglass shaped instrument Questions and Answers 1. With what meter and rhyme schemes does Coleridge achieve musical and rhythmic sound? The poem is written in iambic tetrameter. The first stanza has…
Jenny Kiss’d Me by Leigh Hunt 1. Who is the poem addressed to? The poem is addressed to Time (the capitalized ‘T’ suggests it is Father Time) 2. What does the first line of the poem infer about the relationship between the speaker and Jenny? Answers will vary. Note: The…
Ode to the West Wind by Percy Bysshe Shelley Summary to the Poem ‘Ode to the West Wind‘ is one of the most engaging odes in English literature. The poem is a forceful, mind-blowing description of the West Wind. Shelley, here, presents the West Wind both as a creative and…
