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Introduction to the Poet: Allen Ginsberg was the famous American poet of beat movement OF 1950s. He is remembered for his controversial poem ‘Howl’, reflecting his own homosexuality in the times when being homosexual was a crime in the U.S. He laid his hands on most of the taboos of… Continue reading A Summary and Analysis of Father Death Blues: 2022
About Christina Rossetti Christina Rossetti was born on December 5, 1830. She was best known for her ballads and mystic religious lyrics. She was a Victorian poet. Her poems are full of intense emotions and are marked by symbolism. She died in… Continue reading A Summary and Analysis of Christmas Carol: 2022
About John Donne: John Donne was born in 1572 to a Roman Catholic family in London. He is regarded as one of the most prominent metaphysical poets. Despite being greatly talented, he spent many years of his life in poverty. He went on to become an Anglican priest. He married Anne More in 1601. About… Continue reading Summary and Analysis of A Valediction Forbidding Mourning: 2022
Edgar Allan Poe- Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 19, 1809 to late professional theatre artists. John Allan, a wealthy tobacco exporter, and his wife Frances raised him in Richmond, Virginia where he attended the best boarding school and the state University. He soon moved to Boston and joined the Army.… Continue reading Summary and Analysis of To Helen by Edgar Allan Poe: 2022
John Milton- The exponent of grand style in English language, John Milton (1608 – 1974) was born to a composer father in Bread Street, London. Paradise Lost is his magnum opus and it is considered to be one of the greatest verses of English poetry. He was a Puritan poet, a man of letters, polemicist and a civil… Continue reading Summary and Analysis of Sonnet 19 by John Milton: 2022
H.W Longfellow- The American poet and educator, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882), was from Portland, Maine. His life had witnessed uneventful death of his two wives, which left him heartbroken. Longfellow’s name can be found amongst the five Fireside Poets. The gentle poet of 19th century became the first American writer to translate Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy. Voices of… Continue reading Summary and Analysis of The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls by H.W Longfellow: 2022
Emily Dickinson- Known for her unusual life of self-imposed seclusion, Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) wrote poetry of power. She was one of the greatest poets of America. Born on 10 December, 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts, Dickinson’s poetry was heavily influenced by the Metaphysical poets of seventeenth-century England, as well as her reading of the Book of Revelation… Continue reading Summary and Analysis of Wild Nights by Emily Dickinson: 2022
Carl Sandburg- A winner of three Pulitzer prizes, Carl Sandburg (1795-1821) was born to parents of Swedish ancestry in Galesburg, Illinois. The American poet quit school following his graduation from the eighth grade in 1891 and went on to try his hand at variety of jobs. He then quit the jobs and travelled alone, during which… Continue reading Summary and Analysis of Branches by Carl Sandburg: 2022
The internal conflict of a person born to black-white parents is portrayed through the lines of the poem. It has a dominant trait of autobiographical elements from Hughes’ life. The racial tensions between the black and white communities in the 1920s and the ethnic conflict in the lives of African-American individuals form the backdrop of… Continue reading Cross: Summary and Analysis: 2022
Gerard Manley Hopkins- The Victorian poet, Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889) got himself established in the realm of literature posthumously. His fame lies as an English poet, a Catholic and a Jesuit priest. The innovative writer was known for his experimentation with verse and invention of sprung rhythm. Through manipulation of prosody and use of imagery, Hopkins created… Continue reading Summary and Analysis of Felix Randal by G.M Hopkins: 2022
