“anyone lived in a pretty how town” by e.e. cummings 1. Who is “anyone”? Describe “anyone”’s relations to “noone.” Anyone is a man who is different than anyone else in the town, and so he is hated. Anyone is loved by noone, as the line, “anyone’s any was all to her,” suggests. 2. What tense … Read more
“First Fig” by Edna St. Vincent Millay Vocabulary renascence – rebirth 1. Is the candle of the poem literal or figurative? Why do you think the author begins the poem with such a common cliché? The candle is figurative. Answers may vary. Example: Millay might have wanted a rhyme for “Friends”. However, the cliche does … Read more
“Anthem For Doomed Youth” by Wilfred Owen. Vocabulary orisons – prayers shires – counties pallor – paleness pall – a cover for a coffin 1. What does the simile, “who die as cattle” suggest about the death of the young soldiers? The comparison of the soldiers to dying cattle suggest the number of casualties, as … Read more
“Ode on a Grecian Urn” by John Keats Introduction: Ode on a Grecian Urn is undoubtedly the most renowned ode in the history of English literature. This is a perfectly written, an irregular ode so though the rhyme been has used throughout, but not in a strict way as in other is done in other … Read more
To The Night Summary To The Night is a remarkable lyric by Shelley. It is full of the passion and the yearning so typical of much of Shelley’s poetry. The poem expresses Shelley’ intense desire for Night, which he has personified. The poem is a wonderful illustration of Shelley’s power of making his own myths. … Read more
Summary of ode on Indolence Ode on Indolence is one of the important odes of John Keats. This ode is the depiction of a transient mood and maybe the description of a half-wakeful vision. In the first stanza, the speaker explains a dream he had one morning. Three figures wearing white robes and sandals passed … Read more
La Belle Dame Sans Merci Introduction: “La Belle Dame Sans Merci” was written in April 1819. Keats took the title La Velle Dame Sans Merci from ‘an early fifteenth-century French poem by Alain Chartier. The phrase belongs to the terminology of the courtly love and describes a beautiful lady without mercy, that is the sort … Read more
Ode to Nightingale by John Keats Ode to a Nightingale is one of the finest Odes of John Keats. Listening to the nightingale’s song, the poet is obsessed by its beauty and joy. He wishes to escape to the world of the forest so that he may be free from the worries and sorrows of … Read more
Frost at Midnight Introduction: The poem was written in the year 1798 at Stowey and printed with other poem Fear in Solitude and France: An Ode. The poem is written in a contemplative mood. The writer’s thoughts wander back to his own past or are projected forward ‘to the future of his little son, Hartley … Read more
Fate and Destiny ‘Taale ta Karam’… a Kashmiri poem in free verse by Mash’al Sultanpoori… Translated from Kashmiri by Shabir Magami… ************************************ Lines/ Some straight/ Some crooked/ And some twisted/ I kept drawing on a sheet of paper/ Straight and Bent and Spiral/ Right to left and Left to right/ Horizontal and Vertical/ Here, there … Read more
Introduction The sonnet God’s Grandeur was written by Hopkins in February 1877. This sonnet is a protest against the crass materialism of the age. Yet the poet says that everything is not lost. Till the time God continues to brood over it, there is hope for the world. God’s glory is going to burst out … Read more
The Shadow of Silence is the translation of Kashmiri poem “Tshoapi hanz tshaay ” by Shabir Magami….. The Shadow of Silence When the day kisses and embraces the dark and, Time takes a trip to the universe of stars, precisely right then is brought into the world the idea, … The perception begins to come … Read more
