Mir Afzal Summary of First Neighbours First Neighbours is a poem written by Patricia Kathleen Page (Pseudonym – Judith Cape). In this poem, Page has conveyed the sense of alienation of a resident in a new location. She was named the best Canadian poet and a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Her native land is … Read more
Epithalamion by Edmund Spenser Epithalamion is an ode written as the finale of Amoretti, commemorates Spenser’s marriage to Elizabeth Boyle, daughter of James Boyle, the relation of Earl of Cork, Richard Boyle, on June 11, 1594. The music begins before sunrise and continues through the wedding ceremony and into the newlywed couple’s consummation night. Throughout … Read more
The Thought Fox by Ted Hughes Introduction The most of Hughes’ poetic work is inspired by nature, particularly the innocent savagery of animals, which he has been fascinated by since a young age. He frequently wrote about the natural world’s contrasts of beauty and violence. Animals serve as a metaphor for his philosophy of life: … Read more
What is Couplet? In poetry, a couplet is a pair of lines with the same metre. It is typically composed of two rhymed lines with the same metre. While couplets generally rhyme, not all of them do. If couplets do not rhyme, a poem may use white space to separate them. Couplets with an iambic … Read more
What is Assonance? Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds to create internal rhyming within phrases or sentences, and it, along with alliteration and consonance, is one of the building blocks of verse. For example, in the phrase “Do you like blue?â€, the /u:/ is repeated within the sentence and is assonant.  Assonance is more … Read more
Romanticism Or Romantic Era/Period Romanticism was more widespread, both in terms of origins and influence. Since the end of the Middle Ages, no other intellectual/artistic movement has had the breadth, reach, and longevity. Romanticism (or the Romantic Era/Period) was a late-nineteenth-century European artistic, literary, and intellectual movement that emerged in response to the Industrial Revolution. … Read more
Neoclassicism Movement Overview Neoclassicism is a term that refers to Western movements in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that are inspired by “classical” art and culture from Ancient Greece or Rome. Between the mid-18th and early-19th centuries, one such movement dominated Europe. Neoclassicism is in opposition to Modernism, which values … Read more
What is Blank Verse ? Blank verse is unrhyming verse written in iambic pentameter lines. This means that the rhythm is skewed toward a pattern in which an unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed one (iambic), and that each normal line has ten syllables, five of which are stressed (pentameter). It has been described … Read more
Summary of ‘The Tyger’ The poem “The Tyger” is arguably the most famous poem by William Blakes. It is the best example of pre-romantic poetry. The poem is divided into six short stanzas of four lines each. The sixth stanza is a restatement of the first. It has an end rhyme pattern of AABB, CCDD. … Read more
Imagery and Symbolism in The Tyger by William Blake Blake’s poetry has several connections to Greek and Roman mythology. Myths are more than just stories; they were told to propose truths about human nature and experiences, or to explain how the world came to be the way it is. They are relevant in presenting The … Read more
London by William Blake London is a poem composed by William Blake and published in Songs of Experience in 1794. It is one of the few poems in Songs of Experience that has no counterpart in Songs of Innocence. Analysis of the Poem “London” Historically, London was a place of honest work, where merchants and … Read more
Holy Thursday (Songs of Experience) William Blake’s poem “Holy Thursday” was first published in Songs of Innocence and Experience in 1794. Unlike its companion poem in “Songs of Innocence” (1789), this poem focuses on society as a whole rather than on the London ceremony. Holy Thursday (Text) Is this a holy thing to see, In a rich … Read more