‘Hawk’ has been taken from The Keeper of the Dead published in 1982. You will see that it is about how a hawk is trained as a hunting bird but you can also read it as describing human behaviour. You will notice that throughout the poem the poet has used ‘he: for the hawk giving it a kind of human identity.
River Once By Parthasarathy INTRODUCTION ABOUT THE AUTHOR R. Parthasarathy (born 1934) is an Indian poet, translator, critic, and editor. Rajagopal Parthasarathy was born in 1934 at Tirupparaiturai near Tiruchchirappalli. He was educated at Don Bosco High School and Siddharth College, Mumbai and at Leeds University, UK, where he was British Council Scholar in 1963– … Read more
Night of the Scorpion by Nissim Ezekiel is a poignant and touching poetic portrayal of a rustic situation evocative of the Indian ethos. The poem written in free verse has a terse ending characteristic of the style of English writing of many modern Indian poets. This poem, it is believed, is an expression of his childhood experience when a scorpion stung his own mother. He witnessed the drama following the scorpion bite. The poem is only a reaction to the experience he had.
DEATH OF A BIRD BY KEKI N DARUWALLA Death of a Bird, one of Daruwalla’s finest poems, reminds us of S.T.Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Both the poems poignantly express the violent convulsions which disturb Nature’s cosiness, peace and sublimity, when someone dares to take away lives of innocent creatures–albatross in The Rime … Read more
In the poem, Nissim Ezekiel tries to highlight the common qualities in a poet, lover and the bird watcher. The poem is a testimonial of the good observation of the poet. He compares and contrasts the qualities of all the three revealing how their quest ends. ‘Poet, Lover, Birdwatcher’: A Critical Appreciation In A Midsummer … Read more
An Old Woman About The Poet : Arun Kolatkar was bilingual and wrote in both English and Marathi. He seemed to have believed his skills were equal in both, which is no small thing. Through his poetry, Arun Kolatkar deals with many themes, obstacles, religious dogmas, blind faith, superstition, religious practices that prevalent in society … Read more
The School Boy By William Blake Word Meanings Nostalgia: a longing for a happier or better time in the past. The term coined by Johannes Hofer in 1688 (Homesickness) Bower: Shady place under tree (Metaphor for school) Drooping: sad, bend from fatigue Annoy: annoyance, displease Nipp’d: clip, snap Stripp’d: Peeled off Atheism: The belief that … Read more
The Prologue To The Canterbury Tales Summary Going through The Prologue To The Canterbury Tales is like visiting a portrait-gallery. In a portrait-gallery we see portraits of a large number of persons on display. These portraits impress us by a variety of dresses, and they impress us also with their vividness. Each portrait creates an … Read more
Critical Appreciation of Fra Lippo Lippi Browning’s Poems Browning’s poem Fra Lippo Lippi was published in 1855 in his collection Men and Women. The poem is written in the first person and is a classical example of a dramatic monologue. To grasp Browning‘s Fra Lippo Lippi completely it is useful to have a look at … Read more
Prose Analysis of Milton’s “Sonnet XIX” A Prose Analysis on Milton’s “Sonnet XIX” John Milton, a poet who was completely blind in 1651 wrote “Sonnet XIX” in 1652; this sonnet is his response to his loss of sight. The theme of the sonnet is the loss and regain of primacy of experience. Milton offers his … Read more
18th Century Poem Analysis The differences between eighteenth-century literature and romantic poems, with respect to history is constituted here. This is seen through the influential works of John Keats and Alexander Pope. These works are acknowledged as, “The Rape of Lock” and “The Eve of St. Agnes.” Alexander Pope takes his readers on a hatred … Read more
Central Idea: In the poem “Nantucket” by William Carlos Williams, the use of verbs emphasizes the feeling of relaxation. This poem was written in 1934. The setting in this poem was in Nantucket which is a famous vacation city in Massachusetts, United States. The central idea of this poem is relaxation which the narrator feels … Read more
