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About the poet: Sir Henry Wotton was an English author, diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1614 and 1625. He was born on 30th March 1568 to Thomas Wotton (1521–1587) and his second wife, Elionora Finch. His family had multiple men with careers in politics. For example, Sir Henry was the youngest brother of Edward… Continue reading Summary of Honest Thought and Simple Truth by Sir Henry Wotton
About the poet: Vinayaka Krishna Gokak was born on 9th August 1909 in a place called Savanur that formed a part of the Kingdom of Mysore in British India. He was a major writer in the Kannada language, and a scholar of English and Kannada literatures. He was the fifth writer to be honoured with the Jnanpith Award in 1990 for Kannada language,… Continue reading Summary of English Words by V. K. Gokak
About the Poet: Robert Hayden, born in 1913asAsa Bundy Sheffey, was an American poet, essayist and educator who served as Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1976–78, a role today known as US Poet Laureate. He was the first African-American writer to hold the office. Hayden studied poetry at the University of Michigan, and went on to… Continue reading Those Winter Sundays Summary by Robert Hayden
About the Poet: To my grown up son by Alice E. Chase was published in 1986. The poem’s narrator is a mother, who has risen to be the representative symbol of all mother figures, with her insightful reminiscing of her son’s childhood days, that subtly yet eloquently elucidates the regrets that is commonly felt by… Continue reading To My Grown-Up Son Summary by Alice E. Chase
About the Poet: Walt Whitman (31 May 1819- March 26 1892), born Walter Whitman, was an American poet and essayist who also dabbled in journalism. He achieved immense fame after the publication of his poetry collection, Leaves of Grass, in 1855. Having worked as a printer’s devil, he had self-published his poetry collection and kept… Continue reading A Noiseless Patient Spider Summary by Walt Whitman
About the Poet: Annie Louisa Walker was a teacher and author. Born in Staffordshire, England, on 23rd June 1836, she was the ninth child of her parents, Robert and Anna Walker. In 1853, their father, who was a civil engineer, moved the family to Canada. In 1858, Annie Louisa founded a private girl’s school with… Continue reading Women’s Rights: Summary
About the Poet: Amanda Lukas is an American poet who writes beautiful poems on relationship, romance, heartbreaks etc. Her poems are the source of expressing her emotions to the readers. Her poems could represent for any woman across cultures, and any woman of any age could relate with her. Her other poems: Daddy, When He… Continue reading Wining and Dining Summary by Amanda Lukas
About the Poet:Frederick Morgan, born on April 25, 1922 was a founder and for 55 years the editor of The Hudson Review, one of the nation’s most prestigious literary journals, and the author of more than a dozen books of poetry. Fred Morgan was one of the great editors of American letters said who had… Continue reading The Masters Summary by Frederick Morgan
About the Poet: Sujata Bhatt (born 6 May 1956) is an Indian poet, born in Ahmedabad. Bhatt has been recognized as a distinctive voice in contemporary poetry.She has an MFA from the University of Iowa, and for a time was writer-in-residence at the University Of Victoria, Canada. She received the Commonwealth Poetry Prize (Asia) and the Alice Hunt Bartlett Award for… Continue reading The Himalayas Summary by Sujata Bhatt
About the Poet: Thomas Stearns Eliot better known as T. S. Eliot was an essayist, publisher, playwright, literary and social critic, and one of the twentieth century’s major poets. T S Eliot was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on September 26, 1888, and died on 4 January 1965. As a poet, he altered his affinity… Continue reading Skimbleshanks: The Railway Cat Summary by T. S. Eliot
