Category Poetry-Notes

John Donne as a Metaphysical poet

John Done as a Metaphysical Poet The expression ‘Metaphysical Poetry’ refers to the works of a group of poets, chiefly of the 17th century, in whose poetry the intellectual faculty abstains an enormous supremacy over feeling and sentiment and emotions…

Storm on the Island – Summary, Analysis, Solved Questions and Critical Appreciation

The poem ''Storm on the Island'' written in 1966 by an Irish poet Seamus Heaney is a dramatic monologue about storms and their effects from the perspective of a villager on a remote island, most likely in the Irish Atlantic. Heaney grew up in a farming community and wrote many poems about ordinary and everyday subjects. In his work, he employs a large number of agricultural and natural images as metaphors for human nature.

Transformation by Sri Aurobindo Summary and Critical Appreciation

The mystic poem "Transformation" is full of spirituality and divine inspiration. The central theme of the poem is the poet's transformation from a sensuous to spiritual existence. Here the title itself denotes a “transition of the form”. According to the poet, Transformation necessitates the change of one's current form into the divine form.