Strange Meeting by Wilfred Owen Study Guide Introduction The poem “Strange Meeting” was written by Wilfred Owen. It is about the horrors committed during World War I. The poem was written in 1918 and was published following Owen’s death in…
Work and Play Poem by Ted Hughes Summary of “Work and Play†“Work and Play†is a lovely poem written by Ted Hughes. The poet draws a contrast between the swallow and the human in this poem. The poet extols…
Alexander’s Feast Or, The Power of Music Study Guide Summary of “Alexander’s Feast” “Alexander’s Feast, or the Power of Music” was composed in November 1697 for the London Musical Society on the feast day of St. Cecilia, the patron saint…
Poem in October by Dylan Thomas Study Guide Introduction of the Poem Dylan Thomas’ ‘Poem in October’ is a seven-stanza poem divided into ten-line sets. Thomas, as was his custom, did not adopt a specific rhyme pattern. However, there are…
Next, Please by Philip Larkin Study Guide About the Author Philip Larkin is widely considered as one of the greatest English poets of the second part of the twentieth century. He was born on August 9, 1922, in Coventry, England,…
Ambulances by Philip Larkin Study Guide ‘Ambulances’ was finished in January 1961 and included in Philip Larkin’s third major collection, The Whitsun Weddings (1964). Summary of Ambulances by Philip Larkin ‘Ambulances’ delves into the pervasive sensation of death that exists…
Howl by Allen Ginsberg Study Guide Introduction Howl was originally written to be played on stage at The Six Gallery Reading in 1955. The popularity of the event piqued the interest of Lawrence Ferlinghetti, owner of City Lights Publishing, who…
The Lady of Shalott by Alfred Tennyson Summary The poem opens with Shalott’s description. Shalott is an island on a river near Camelot. The Lady of Shalott lives inside a castle with four grey walls and four grey towers on…
Sunflower Sutra summary “Sunflower Sutra” was composed by Allen Ginsberg in 1955. It encapsulates numerous ideas that Ginsberg would explore during his career. Its underlying message is one of a dismal American landscape ravaged and wrecked by contemporary society’s reckless…
I Carry Your Heart With Me Introduction “I carry your heart with me” is a modernistic love poem written by E.E Cummings, a well-known American poet. It was released in 1952. This poem exemplifies the purest and most genuine type…
A Supermarket in California by Allen Ginsberg Introduction Allen Ginsberg’s poem “A Supermarket in California” written in 1955 and published the following year, is a protest poem aimed at postwar American culture that focuses on consumerist features of society and…
Summary of Ode to a Nightingale The speaker begins by confessing his own heartbreak. He is numb, as if he would just taken a drug. He is addressing a nightingale he hears singing somewhere in the forest and says that…
