The Dolphins: Analysis: 2022<
February 22, 2018 by Website Contributors
The Dolphins: Analysis: 2022

“The dolphins” is a dramatic monologue written by Carol Ann Duffy from the perspective of a dolphin who has lost the freedom it enjoyed in the ocean and is now trapped in an artificial swimming pool. This poem brings into limelight the emotions and sufferings of a dolphin subjected to confinement. A sense of enslavement… Continue reading The Dolphins: Analysis: 2022

The Gift of India: Summary: 2022<
February 22, 2018 by Website Contributors
The Gift of India: Summary: 2022

Being one of the most eminent patriots, freedom fighters and poets of modern India, the “Nightingale of India” succeeds in capturing the true essence of the country in her poetic world. Sarojini Naidu’s poetry is an amalgamation of strong emotions of love, patriotism, heroism and intense lyricism. “The Gift of India” is a poem written… Continue reading The Gift of India: Summary: 2022

The Gift of India: Analysis: 2022<
February 22, 2018 by Website Contributors
The Gift of India: Analysis: 2022

“The Gift of India,” written in 1915 by the “Nightingale of India” Sarojini Naidu, is a patriotic poem included in her volume of poems called “The broken wing.” This poem focuses on the valuable contribution that the Indian soldiers made to live up to their commitment to the allied forces during the First world war.… Continue reading The Gift of India: Analysis: 2022

Under the Waterfall Analysis by Thomas Hardy: 2022<
February 22, 2018 by Website Contributors
Under the Waterfall Analysis by Thomas Hardy: 2022

‘Under the Waterfall’ is the last poem in the collection ‘Satires of Circumstance, Lyrics and Reveries’ that was published in November 1914. Although the poem isn’t included in Poems of 1912-13 Veteris Vestigia Flammae, it seems a fitting prologue to them, rather than being the epilogue of Satires of Circumstance. Most reviewers, writes Tim Armstrong,… Continue reading Under the Waterfall Analysis by Thomas Hardy: 2022

Beeny Cliff Analysis by Thomas Hardy: 2022<
February 22, 2018 by Website Contributors
Beeny Cliff Analysis by Thomas Hardy: 2022

Hardy opens the poem by setting the scene in the spring-time in Cornwall over forty years earlier. He paints a magical picture whose backdrop is the sea with its jewel like colors, shimmering between creamy opals with iridescent lights, to sapphire blue. ‘The woman’ is riding while Hardy bicycles beside her. There is no main… Continue reading Beeny Cliff Analysis by Thomas Hardy: 2022

In the Time of “The Breaking of Nations” Analysis by Thomas Hardy: 2022<
February 22, 2018 by Website Contributors
In the Time of “The Breaking of Nations” Analysis by Thomas Hardy: 2022

‘In time of “The Breaking of Nations” is a war poem, but a war poem written from the perspective of one at home rather than one in a ‘foreign field’ amongst the fighting. In the Time of the Breaking of Nations Analysis by Thomas Hardy This simple yet elegant poem was written by Thomas Hardy… Continue reading In the Time of “The Breaking of Nations” Analysis by Thomas Hardy: 2022

Birches Summary by Robert Frost: 2022<
February 22, 2018 by Website Contributors
Birches Summary by Robert Frost: 2022

About Robert Frost Robert Frost, the most popular poet of America, was born in San Francisco, California, to Mr. William Prescott Frost, Jr., and Isabelle Moodie. His mother was a Scottish immigrant, and his father descended from Nicholas Frost of Tiverton, Devon, England, who had sailed to New Hampshire in 1634 on the Wolfrana. He is best known for his… Continue reading Birches Summary by Robert Frost: 2022

Birches Critical Analysis by Robert Frost: 2022<
February 22, 2018 by Website Contributors
Birches Critical Analysis by Robert Frost: 2022

The most anthologised poem of Robert Frost was probably written in 1913-1914 but it was first appeared in 1915 in Atlantic Monthly in the August issue and was later collected in Frost’s third book Mountain Interval (1916). He was perhaps inspired by another not-so-famous American poet Lucy Larcom’s poem “Swinging on a Birch-tree”. Frost once told “it was almost… Continue reading Birches Critical Analysis by Robert Frost: 2022

Summary and Analysis of “Crossing the bar” by Lord Alfred Tennyson: 2022<
February 22, 2018 by Website Contributors
Summary and Analysis of “Crossing the bar” by Lord Alfred Tennyson: 2022

Critical Analysis of Crossing the Bar The anticipation of his death by the writer in this poem is expressed in metaphorical language. This poem represents Tennyson’s beliefs in the immortality of the soul and in the existence of a Divine spirit.  Here, dying is compared to a ship’s crossing the bar. His journey from this… Continue reading Summary and Analysis of “Crossing the bar” by Lord Alfred Tennyson: 2022

The Dolphins: Summary: 2022<
February 22, 2018 by Website Contributors
The Dolphins: Summary: 2022

About the Poet Carol Ann Duffy is a Scottish poet and playwright. Carol was born in Glasgow onDecember 23, 1955, attended the Roman Catholic primary and middle schools and Stafford Girls’ High school. She was appointed Britain’s poet laureate in the year 2009. She was the first woman and the first openly LGBT person to… Continue reading The Dolphins: Summary: 2022