Mir Afzal The Lady of Shalott by Alfred Tennyson Summary The poem opens with Shalott’s description. Shalott is an island on a river near Camelot. The Lady of Shalott lives inside a castle with four grey walls and four grey towers on the island. The lady is incarcerated. She has never been seen by passers-by, but people … Read more
Character Sketch of Passepartout Passepartout, Fogg’s servant, is a counterpoint to Fogg’s character. From the first chapter on, this intriguing Frenchman is a vital component of the storey. He is depicted as a man in search of peace following an active and adventurous life. This is why he chooses to serve the impeccably dressed Fogg, … Read more
Character Sketch of Aouda Aouda, as a stunning and exotic Indian princess, contributes significantly to the novel’s beauty. Aouda is the only source of femininity in a storey that is primarily about men. While going through India, Fogg and his group come find her. Indeed, her rescue narrative is one of the novel’s most dramatic. … Read more
Sunflower Sutra summary “Sunflower Sutra” was composed by Allen Ginsberg in 1955. It encapsulates numerous ideas that Ginsberg would explore during his career. Its underlying message is one of a dismal American landscape ravaged and wrecked by contemporary society’s reckless work. However, unlike Ginsberg’s previous poems, such as “America,” “Sunflower Sutra” concludes on a hopeful … Read more
I Carry Your Heart With Me Introduction “I carry your heart with me” is a modernistic love poem written by E.E Cummings, a well-known American poet. It was released in 1952. This poem exemplifies the purest and most genuine type of love. It expresses the poet’s deepest sentiments for his beloved. The poem is well-known … Read more
A Supermarket in California by Allen Ginsberg Introduction Allen Ginsberg’s poem “A Supermarket in California” written in 1955 and published the following year, is a protest poem aimed at postwar American culture that focuses on consumerist features of society and the lack of connection between the contemporary world and nature. “A Supermarket in California” is … Read more
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Plot Summary The opening lines of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice are among the most recognised of any nineteenth-century novel: “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” Mrs Bennet says these words to … Read more
Critical Analysis of Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen (December 16, 1775 – July 18, 1817) was an English novelist who used realism, caustic social critique, and free indirect speech in her works. Austen’s writings are influenced in some way by her background, region, and time. They are part of the transition from sensibility novels of … Read more
Summary of Ode to a Nightingale The speaker begins by confessing his own heartbreak. He is numb, as if he would just taken a drug. He is addressing a nightingale he hears singing somewhere in the forest and says that his “drowsy numbness” is caused not by envy of the nightingale’s happiness, but by sharing … Read more
The Lady of Shalott by Alfred Tennyson “The Lady of Shallot” is the narrative of a woman who lives in a tower on the island of Shallot, which is connected to Camelot by a river and a road. Each day, the woman weaves a tapestry depicting the scene visible from her window, which includes Camelot. … Read more
Thrushes by Ted Hughes Summary “Thrushes” depicts birds as efficient, instinctive killer robots. The poet is watching some thrushes on his lawn, and his observations lead him to compare them to humans, such as himself, whose noblest acts appear to be achieved by the suppression of such energy as the birds express, and at great … Read more
‘On the Move,’ by Thom Gunn About the Poem “On the Move” is one of the famous poems of Thom Gunn. It is included as an opening poem of his poetry collection “The Sense of Movement.” The poem is described as “a sociological footnote of the 1950s.” Motorcyclists have come to represent reckless vitality and … Read more