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Whether or not Alfred Tennyson was the greatest of the Victorian poets, as affirmed by many critics today, there is no doubt that, i.e., he was the most popular of poets. In his own lifetime On the bookshelves of almost every family of readers in England and the United States, from 1850 onward, were the… Continue reading The Lotus Eaters: Summary and Analysis: 2022
ABOUT ANNE SEXTON: Awarded the Pulitzer Prize for poetry, an American, not forgetting to mention ‘a feminist’ poet, known for her highly personal, confessional verse, Anne Sexton (1928) is a name not so unpopular. She spent most of her childhood in Boston and found early acclaim with her poetry. Themes of her poetry include her long… Continue reading Her Kind Summary and Analysis by Anne Sexton: 2022
Introduction to the Poet: Elizabeth Bishop was recognized as one of the most important America poets in the twentieth century soon after her death in 1979. Born in 1911, she had an unfortunate childhood after her father died and her mother suffered from a nervous breakdown a few years later. Bishop was then taken in… Continue reading One Art Poem Analysis by Elizabeth Bishop: 2022
INTRODUCTION- Regarded as a “major figure in the contemporary literature”, Carl Sandburg (January 6, 1878- July 22, 1967), was an American poet, writer, and editor. His major works were the volumes of his collected verse, including Chicago Poems (1916), Cornhuskers (1918), and Smoke and Steel (1920), and his biography of Abraham Lincoln. THE POEM- Henry Holt… Continue reading Summary and Analysis of Grass by Carl Sandburg: 2022
About the author: The twentieth century American poet, Elizabeth Bishop, is celebrated for her elegance, her use of explicit imagery, short and precise language. Her poems revealed her thoughts and filled her work with the places and emotional states that that are influenced by various aspects such as nomadic travel, lesbianism, depression and alcohol. She… Continue reading The Fish Summary and Analysis by Elizabeth Bishop: 2022
About the Poet: John Milton, an English poet, born on December 9, 1608, is a poet of steadfast will and purpose who moved amid the fears and hopes and changing impulses of the world regarding trivial and momentary things that can never swerve a great soul from their course. He was a polemist, man of… Continue reading Lycidas: Summary and Analysis: 2023
About the Poet: Henry Charles Bukowski (August 16, 1920- March, 1994) was a German poet born in America. He was not only a poet but also a novelist, and a short story writer. His writing was greatly influenced by the social, cultural and economic environment of his home city in Los Angeles. His poems would… Continue reading Summary and Analysis of The Retreat by Charles Bukowski: 2022
About the Poet: Henry Charles Bukowski (August 16, 1920- March, 1994) was a German poet born in America. He was not only a poet but also a novelist, and a short story writer. His writing was greatly influenced by the social, cultural and economic environment of his home city in Los Angeles. His poems would… Continue reading Summary and Analysis of The Great Escape by Charles Bukowski: 2022
Introduction to the Poet: Henry Charles Bukowski (born Heinrich Karl Bukowski; August 16, 1920 – March 9, 1994) was a German-born American poet, novelist, and short story writer. His home city Los Angeles’ social, economic, political background influenced his writing. His writing deals with the lives of poor Americans, downtrodden of American society, alcoholism, relationship with… Continue reading Summary and Analysis of Hot by Charles Bukowski: 2022
Introduction to the Poet: Henry Charles Bukowski (born Heinrich Karl Bukowski; August 16, 1920 – March 9, 1994) was a German-born American poet, novelist, and short story writer. His home city Los Angeles’ social, economic, political background influenced his writing. His writing deals with the lives of poor Americans, downtrodden of American society, alcoholism, relationship with women,… Continue reading Summary and Analysis of Alone With Everybody by Bukowski: 2022
