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About the Poet: John Keats (1795–1821) was one of the leading figures in the second-generation Romantic poets. Born in London, he was the son of Thomas Keats and Frances Jennings. Thomas Keats was an ostler who married the daughter of his master, from whom he inherited the business. Keats’s family was of a humble heritage,… Continue reading Summary and Analysis of On the Grasshopper and Cricket by Keats: 2023
Stanza-wise Summary of A Small pain in my Chest: 1st stanza: The narrator sees a soldier sitting ‘calmly’ underneath a tree. The poet uses the word ‘soldier boy’ to highlight that the soldier was still in the formative years of life. His boyhood had not completely left him and hence he was clearly too young… Continue reading Summary of A Small pain in my Chest by Michael Mack: 2022
About the Poet: Michael Mack is a renowned poet, playwright, and performer. His stint in the U.S. air force as an aircraft crew chief gave him a lot of fodder for his poetry. Mack tried his hands at a variety of factory and labor jobs before he resumed his education again at MIT and graduated… Continue reading A Short Introduction to A Small pain in my Chest by Michael Mack: 2022
Figures based on similarity: Simile: An explicit comparison made between two allied things or ideas. Example: She is red as a rose. In this sentence comparison is made between two unallied objects, she and rose and the point of similarity between them which is the color red; is made by the word as. Metaphor: An… Continue reading Rhetoric in English Language: 2022
The Tables Turned: Summary 1st Stanza:“Up! up! My Friend, and quit your books;Or surely you’ll grow double:Up! up! my Friend, and clear your looks;Why all this toil and trouble?” Here, the poet tells his friend to leave all his books and get up to come along with him. He says that if he doesn’t read… Continue reading The Tables Turned: Summary: 2022
The Bangle Sellers Critical Analysis Naidu’s poetry is best known for her use of imagery and contemporary Indian themes. Among her other poems, this poem stands out as a social message that discusses the lives of Indian women and the lives of bangle sellers. Although the poem focuses extensively on the stages in the life… Continue reading The Bangle Sellers: Critical Analysis, Central Idea, and Theme: 2022
‘The Bangle Sellers’ was published in the 1912 collection of poetry called The Bird of Time: Songs of Life, Death, and the Spring. The poem depicts a group of bangle sellers who wander from town to town to sell their inventory. One of them becomes the narrator or the speaker of the poem. About the… Continue reading The Bangle Sellers: Summary: 2022
The Gift: Analysis A transcendent poem on motivation and kindness, ‘The Gift’ achieves that unique outlook of a spiritual holism. The poem takes a holistic approach towards healing, be it physical or spiritual. The poem is tender in its portrayal of a father-son relationship.On the literal level, the poem describes a memory where the poet… Continue reading The Gift: Analysis: 2022
About the Poet: Li-Young Lee was born in Jakarta, Indonesia in 1957 to Chinese parents. His great-grandfather on his mother’s side was the famous Yuan Shikai, the first Republican President of China. His father was a physician who served Mao Zedong. His father soon relocated to Indonesia where Lee was born. There his father played an instrumental… Continue reading Summary of The Gift by Li-Young Lee: 2022
“That’s Success”, a poem by Berton Braley, is an immensely inspiring poem, that sums up what real success is in a nutshell so profoundly, that one cannot help but re-read it many times to gauge the magnanimity of the message within. The poem is an important note to the self, where elements of success, small… Continue reading Stanza-wise Summary of That’s Success by Berton Braley: 2022
