In “The Lost Mistress” is a Dramatic Monologue by Browning. In the poem, the poet represents the passion of grief. The speaker is a lover. But next morning his beloved is going to be somebody else’s wife. She has come to meet him
at night and he says that their love has come to bites and at last it is a fact, although a bitter one.
The Duck and The Kangaroo by Edward Lear is a nonsensical poem. This poem does not make much sense but offers a wonderful opportunity of reading the language in poetry. This is a conversation between a fantastic duck and a friendly kangaroo.
An Irish Airman Foresees His Death By W.B Yeats is rather a thought-provoking poem on Major Robert Gregory, who was the son of one of Yeats’s friends. Robert Gregory was killed in Italy during the First World War in 1918. The poem was written during the First World War (1914-1919) when many Irish men fought for the cause of Englishmen.
“Dawn at Puri” is an imagist poem taken from the collection “A Rain of Rites”. The poem is set in Puri, which is the holy city of Lord Jagannath, in Orissa. A Rain of Rites is a collection of poems written in the middle phase of his poetic career by Jayanta Mahapatra and is shaped … Read more
What Were They Like? (Denise Levertov) About the poet – Denise Levertov was an American poet, but she was born in 1927 in Ilford, Essex – Levertov’s father was Russian, and she considered herself to be “part Jewish, German, English and Welsh”, which caused her to be confused about her identity. – She was a … Read more
“A Dream Deferred” by Langston Hughes Dream Deferred (Harlem) Intro Hughes asks very important question about dreams. Saw dreams of many Harlem residents crumble after WWII. Compares dreams to concrete things in our life. Speaker asks what happens if dreams are postponed/put on hold. Offers some possible answers to question. Analysis of A Dream Deferred … Read more
The speaker is angry at his friend and his enemy. He tells his friend of his anger, and all is well. He keeps his anger from his enemy and his anger grows, killing his enemy eventually.
The poem “Indian Dancers” portrays the vivid and enchanting picture of beautiful Indian dancers with “houri-like faces”, their “eyes ravished with rapture” and “passionate bosoms aflaming with fire”. Dressed in “glittering garments of purple”, they tread” their rhythmical, slumber-soft feet “while dancing in accompaniment with “entrancing “strain of keen music”.
The Pardah Nashin By Sarojini Naidu Summary of The Pardah Nashin “The Pardah Nashin” is a highly moving lyric taken from the last section of the Golden threshold. Sarojini Naidu presents a revealing account of the life fo the lady behind the veil and its short and long terms effects on her life. It is … Read more
‘Indian Weavers’ is a short but beautiful poem written by a well-known Indian poet Sarojini Naidu. The poem has been taken from the poet’s first collection of poetry, titled “The Golden Threshold,” which was published in 1905. It is divided into three quatrains, each with two rhyming couplets.
The poem is about the wandering singers who engage their entire life in singing for others pleasure and never minds about his pleasure. The poet Sarojini Naidu is a great poet to paint the life of wandering singers in poetic words.
The Golden Threshold, with an introduction by Arthur Symons, was first published in 1905. At that time, Sarojini was an unknown young girl. This volume includes forty poems divided into three sections: “Folk Songs,” “Music Songs,” and “Poems.” Not all of the twelve pieces grouped as “Folk Songs” are sung or supposed to be sung … Read more
