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About the Poet – Ronald Stuart Thomas (29 March 1913 – 25 September 2000), published as R. S. Thomas, was a Welsh poet and Anglican priest who was noted for his nationalism, spirituality and recognized as one of the leading poets of the 20th century, R. S. Thomas writes about the people, of his country Wales… Continue reading The One Furrow Summary by R. S. Thomas: 2022
My Shadow: Critical Analysis The poet Robert Louis Stevenson has used a perspective of a child in his poem, My Shadow, to give a touch of innocence. He shows how the child is happy, excited, mesmerized, and in the puzzle with his shadow. He wants to show how children do not quit learning and experimenting… Continue reading My Shadow: Critical Analysis: 2022
About the Poet – Robert Louis Stevenson was a novelist and a poet born in Edinburgh. He was never a healthy person as a child and often remained sick. He began studying engineering in the Edinburgh University, but he soon switched to law leaving engineering in the middle. However, he had always loved writing. For several… Continue reading Summary of My Shadow By Robert Louis Stevenson: 2022
Critical Analysis of The Man he Killed The poem is a direct attack on the glorification of war. There was always a certain glory added to war, and martyrdom was deified. Hardy, along with other war poets who came after Hardy, like Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon, Rupert Brooke, tried to concentrate on the negative aspects… Continue reading Critical Analysis of The Man he Killed by Thomas Hardy: 2022
Summary of The Man He Killed Stanza 1 Had he and I but met By some old ancient inn, We should have set us down to wet Right many a nipperkin! The speaker begins by talking about an unnamed man. We are not told who he is right away. We are introduced to him as… Continue reading Summary of The Man He Killed by Thomas Hardy: 2022
About the Poet – Thomas Hardy (June 2, 1840- January 11, 1928) was an English novelist and poet. Although he is considered a Victorian writer, he was influenced by Romanticism, especially by William Wordsworth and Charles Dickens. He was born to a stonemason (also Thomas Hardy) and Jemima Hand. It was due to his mother, Hardy… Continue reading Line by Line Meaning of The Man He Killed by Thomas Hardy: 2022
The tone of this poem is contrary to what has led the poet to pen his thoughts here. Television: Critical Analysis Dahl is a man who lived through a period of a great many inventions, including that of television. However, he is not excited by this so-called progress and development of the human race. He… Continue reading Television: Critical Analysis
Dorothy Parker is an American poet, screenwriter, storywriter, and critic known for her eye on the 20th century urban foibles. She was a known personality in Hollywood for her screenwriting, and was awarded many awards, and was twice nominated for Annual Academy Awards. She served in the editorial department of Vogue and Vanity Fair for… Continue reading Little Words Poem Summary by Dorothy Parker
This is the second segment of the complete analysis. You can read the first segment- The Road Not Taken Summary here. In this post we dived into The Road Not Taken Analysis which includes a detailed critical analysis, poetic devices used in the poem, central idea of the poem, tone and themes conveyed in the… Continue reading The Road Not Taken Analysis by Robert Frost
About the poet: Robert Lee Frost was an American poet. His work was initially published in England before it was published in America. He is held in high regard for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech. Frost was honored frequently during his lifetime, receiving four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry. He was… Continue reading The Road Not Taken Summary by Robert Frost
