Summary The poem ‘The Darkling Thrush’ is a famous nature lyric composed by Hardy. It is composed at the turn by of the century. In this poem, the poet points out man’s inability to share the happiness of a bird…
Mending wall By Robert Frost Introduction: The poem Mending Wall by Robert Frost was first published in 1914. The poem is about two neighbours who meet each year in Spring to mend the stone wall dividing their fields. It is…
The Lamb By William Blake Short Summary “The Lamb” is the simplest poem written by William Blake and was published in his collection Songs of Innocence in 1789. In the figure of the lamb, the poem finds the expression of…
The Sick Rose by William Blake Summary of Sick Rose “The Sick Rose” is a poem written by William Blake first published in 1794 and like Blake’s other poems such as The Tyger and The Lamb, it was also included…
The Tyger by William Blake Introduction “The Tyger” is a poem by William Blake that was first published in 1794 as part of the Songs of Experience collection. Alfred Kazin, a literary critic, describes it as “the most famous of…
London by William Blake Introduction London is a poem written by William Blake and published in Songs of Experience in 1794. It is one of the few poems in Songs of Experience that does not have a corresponding poem in…
Introduction A Red, Red Rose by Rober Burns is a beautiful romantic poem first published in 1794 in A Selection of Scots Songs, edited by Peter Urbani. Burns ‘ poem was both influenced by a simple Scottish song he had…
Composed upon Westminster Bridge, Sept. 3, 1802, by William Wordsworth Study Questions 1. What is the main theme of Westminster Bridge? Wordsworth’s claim that his vision of London is the best on the planet is clearly exaggerated, not to mention…
A Hanging by George Orwell Introduction The essay ‘ A Hanging’ by George Orwell describes an incident of hanging one prisoner. Orwell describes the event in his usual dramatic and ironic style. The essay is remarkable for the vivid characters…
Ode to the West Wind by Percy Bysshe Shelley Summary to The Poem ‘Ode to the West Wind’ is one of the most engaging odes in English literature. The poem is a forceful, mind-blowing description of the West Wind. Shelley,…
Sonnet CXVI by William Shakespeare Vocabulary: impediments – obstacles tempests – storms sickle – a pole with a hook, used for farming grain Summary of Sonnet 116 Sonnet 116 is one of the most well-known poems in English literature first…
