Sonnet 79: Men Call You Fayre, And You Doe Credit It – Summary Edmund Spenser’s Amoretti: Sonnet 79 is concerned with the concept of pure beauty. According to Spenser, true beauty originates with God; knowledge and morality are two attributes that should be regarded in the highest regard. While outer beauty fades, inner beauty endures … Read more
Sonnet 75: One Day I Wrote Her Name Upon the Strand In this blog, we have discussed the summary of Edmund Spencer’s Amoretti Sonnet 75: One Day I Wrote Her Name Upon the Strand. In the first quatrain, the speaker recounts writing his beloved’s name on the sands of the seashore. Naturally, the water rushed … Read more
Money Madness by D. H. Lawrence About the Poem As the title implies, the poem is about financial insanity. The poet expresses concern about man’s desire for more wealth and luxuries, as well as the erosion of human values. Money madness dehumanises man. If money madness is not reined in, it has the potential to … Read more
Summary of Seven Ages of a Man Shakespeare views the world as a stage and men and women as actors on it. They take on seven distinct roles based on their ages. The poet describes the first stage as an infant being carried by a nurse. The infant constantly cries and vomits. Later in life, … Read more
The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus IntroductionThe New Colossus is a poem by Emma Lazarus, an American poet who lived from 1849 to 1987. She wrote it in 1883. During her brief lifetime, she witnessed the United States being transformed by an influx of immigrants. Even though her family had been in America since the … Read more
Success is Counted Sweetest by Emily Dickinson Introduction to the poemEmily Dickinson (1830-1886) is widely regarded as one of America’s greatest poets. She was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, the daughter of a wealthy lawyer. She lived in seclusion, yet the depth of her emotions compelled her to express them in a metrical composition. Her one-of-a-kind … Read more
Composed Upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802 Background: The poem was inspired by the vista from Westminster Bridge on July 31, 1802, when the majority of residents were still in bed and industries had not yet stoked their fires and contaminated the air with smoke. He and his sister, Dorothy, were crossing the bridge in … Read more
"If You Call Me" is the fifth poem in Sarojini Naidu’s Gates of Delight collection of eight poems. All eight poems are on the poet’s condition as a lover and the glory of the beloved. The poetess expresses complete surrender to the beloved’s devotion. She derives all of her life strength from her beloved’s delight and appears to seek to give her life away to him.
Prospects of Democracy in India by B. R. Ambedkar About The Author Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was born on 14 April 1891 in Ambavade, Maharashtra. His father was a British Army officer stationed at the Mhow Cantonment. His father pushed him to pursue an education. He graduated from Mumbai’s Elphinstone High School in 1907. He … Read more
The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe Introduction Edgar Allan Poe’s poem The Raven is a narrative poem. The poem is remembered for its musicality, stylized language, and surreal atmosphere, and was first published in January 1845. It tells the story of a mysterious visit from a talking raven to a distraught lover, charting the man’s gradual descent into madness. The lover, who appears to be … Read more
Ode: Intimations of Immortality by William Wordsworth Introduction Ode: Intimations of Immortality by William Wordsworth is an eleven-stanza poem that recounts a child’s loss of purity and divine sight when he becomes engrossed in his toys from the soft lap of its mother. Wordsworth believes that even if one has a lot of duties in … Read more