Summary and Analysis of A Valediction of Weeping by John Donne<
September 23, 2014 by Website Contributors
Summary and Analysis of A Valediction of Weeping by John Donne

He was the son of a wealthy iron merchant, born in London in 1572. He came from a very influential family background. On his father’s side he came from an old Welsh family and on his mother’s side from the Heywoods and Sir Thomas More’s family. He was educated at his home till he was… Continue reading Summary and Analysis of A Valediction of Weeping by John Donne

Summary of The Last Bargain by Rabindranath Tagore<
September 22, 2014 by Trisha
Summary of The Last Bargain by Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore was born in Calcutta on 6th of May, 1861. He received his education at his own home and later at University College, London. He was a poet, dramatist, novelist, short story writer, a philosopher and a nation builder. He founded a school at Shantiniketan in West Bengal which later expanded into an international… Continue reading Summary of The Last Bargain by Rabindranath Tagore

Summary and Analysis of Childhood by Markus Natten<
September 22, 2014 by Trisha
Summary and Analysis of Childhood by Markus Natten

Have we ever wondered where we have lost our childhood? Markus Natten, the Norwegian poet, has the same question. He believes that he has lost the innocence and purity of his childhood to some unknown and unforgettable place. Through his poem “Childhood,” the readers are confronted with a question as to when and where we… Continue reading Summary and Analysis of Childhood by Markus Natten

Summary and Analysis of Meg Merillies by John Keats<
September 21, 2014 by Website Contributors
Summary and Analysis of Meg Merillies by John Keats

Beaming Notes: Meg Merillies, John Keats (1795—1821) John Keats, wrote despairingly in a letter to Fanny Brawne, when he was consumptive “If I should die, I leave no immortal work behind.” A year later he died at only 25. Yet he ranks among now among the greatest poets in English Literature and became one of… Continue reading Summary and Analysis of Meg Merillies by John Keats

Summary of The Duck and the Kangaroo by Edward Lear<
September 17, 2014 by Trisha
Summary of The Duck and the Kangaroo by Edward Lear

The poem, “The Duck and The Kangaroo” by Edward Lear begins with a sweet conversation between a duck and a kangaroo. Stanza 1: The Duck praises the Kangaroo about the way he hops. The Duck says that how gracefully the Kangaroo hops over the fields and water that it seems like it has no ending.… Continue reading Summary of The Duck and the Kangaroo by Edward Lear

Summary and Analysis of Macavity: The Mystery Cat by T.S Eliot<
September 16, 2014 by Trisha
Summary and Analysis of Macavity: The Mystery Cat by T.S Eliot

About The Poet: Thomas Stearns Elliot born on 26th September, 1888 was an essayist, a critic, a playwright and one of the well-known poets of the twentieth century. Some of his famous poems are ‘The Waste Land’, ‘Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’, ‘Journey of the Magi’, ‘Naming of Cats’ etc. He won the Nobel Prize… Continue reading Summary and Analysis of Macavity: The Mystery Cat by T.S Eliot

The Chimney Sweeper: Songs of Experience Analysis and Summary<
September 15, 2014 by Shreya Bardhan
The Chimney Sweeper: Songs of Experience Analysis and Summary

William Blake is considered as the earliest poet of the “Romantic movement”, the characteristic features of which were predominant in the poetry that was penned during the 19th century. Although much greater recognition is given to poets like Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, Keats for setting the Romantic trends in the history of English literature, one cannot… Continue reading The Chimney Sweeper: Songs of Experience Analysis and Summary

Summary and Analysis of On the Sea by John Keats<
September 15, 2014 by Website Contributors
Summary and Analysis of On the Sea by John Keats

Born in London, England, on October 31, 1795, John Keats, English Romantic poet, devoted his short life to the perfection of poetry marked by vivid imagery, great sensuous appeal and an attempt to express a philosophy through classical legend. In 1818 he went on a walking tour in the Lake District. His exposure and overexertion… Continue reading Summary and Analysis of On the Sea by John Keats

Summer in Calcutta: Analysis<
September 13, 2014 by Pritesh Chakraborty
Summer in Calcutta: Analysis

Kamala Das was born in Punnayurkulam, Kerala in 1934. Kamala spent several years in Calcutta, where she went to Catholic schools. She was married fairly early before she finished college. So she happens to be perhaps the only leading Indian English poet without a degree to her name. She began writing early and published her… Continue reading Summer in Calcutta: Analysis

Punishment in Kindergarten: Summary and Analysis<
September 10, 2014 by Pritesh Chakraborty
Punishment in Kindergarten: Summary and Analysis

Kamala Das was born in Punnayurkulam, Kerala in 1934. Kamala spent several years in Calcutta, where she went to Catholic schools. She was married fairly early before she finished college. So she happens to be the only leading Indian English poet without a degree to her name. She began writing early and published her first… Continue reading Punishment in Kindergarten: Summary and Analysis