“anyone lived in a pretty how town†by e.e. cummings 1. Who is “anyoneâ€? Describe “anyoneâ€â€™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…
“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…
“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…
“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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
