Love (III) is a beautiful poem written By George Herbert. In this poem, God is represented as Love, meaning that God is the source and fountain of all love and that God’s love for mankind is infinite.
Ruminations Poem By Daruwalla Ruminations is a meditative poem written by Daruwalla. The poet has glimpses of the true nature of life. He can see violence and hatred in the air . They are so omnipresent! Man cannot wash away these evils from his mind , try hard as he will! They stick deep . … Read more
To Lucasta, Going to the Wars by Richard Lovelace Vocabulary nunnery – a home for religious women inconstancy – unfaithfulness, infidelity Explication of The Poem Tell me not , Sweet, I am unkinde, In this line the narrator directly addresses her beloved not accuse him that he is unkind and unfaithful. This line is in … Read more
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This poem is one the two different poems written 400 years ago by Ben Jonson both entitled “Song: To Celia.”
TONIGHT I CAN WRITE By PABLO NERUDA Introduction Pablo Neruda is one of the most popular poets of the world A Communist senator, diplomat and activist. Neruda’s poetry is remarkable for its rich variety and striking originality. This is the last poem in the volume, Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair (1924). The … 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
Prospice by Browning Summary of Prospice The poet is not at all afraid of the physical troubles that come at the time of death. Though he may feel suffocation (fog) in his throat, a heaviness in his vision and a cold numbness creeping over his body, all showing that death is very near, yet he … Read more
Spring and Fall Introduction Spring and Fall is an intense love poem by Gerard Manley Hopkins. It narrates an incident, it is a tragic meditative poem, imagining a philosopher as a speaker in discussion with a girl named Margaret. We also discover in the poem character, dialogue, setting, and plot. The poem deals with the … Read more
Summary of Last Ride Together The ‘Last Ride Together’ is a poem of unrequited love. The lover is rejected. But he does not blame his mistress. He is magnanimous and accepts the position in a brave and noble way. In order to show that he can control himself and make the situation easier for her … Read more
Summary and Analysis of “Dover Beach” (1867) Introduction to the Poem: The poem “Dover Beach” was published in 1867. The poet has expressed pessimism in this poem. The world is full of misery. Even the Greek poet Sophocles sang it. But in olden times men had faith and love for each other, but that they … Read more
A Birthday By Christina Rossetti “A Birthday” is one of Christina Rossetti’s most popular poems and one of the most frequently quoted and anthologised of all her works. It is an unusual poem in Rossetti’s production as it expresses pure, undarkened joy. Its happiness and its ringing melody have delighted readers and critics ever since … Read more
All For Love By Lord George Bryon INTRODUCTION: The poem ” All for Love ” by Lord George Bryon is a narrative poem which recounts how the days of our youth are the best and sublime but they are fleeting as well because we get older, things eventually change. The narrator of the poem just … Read more
