P.B. Shelley, one of the most revered romantic poets, endowed his poem “To a Skylark” with extravagant metaphors, pouring imagination, hints of mysticism and melancholia, reflectivity etc and made it a literary piece which perfectly exemplifies the spirit of Romanticism in poetry. From the very first line of the poem – “Hail to thee, blithe… Continue reading Analysis of To a Skylark by Percy Bysshe Shelley
How do I love thee by Elizabeth Barrett Browning is a poem from the Sonnet from the Portuguese sequence which the poet had written during her days of courtship by Robert Browning. This poem is a true reflection of the intense love which the poet felt for her beloved. This article provides a complete summary… Continue reading Analysis of How Do I Love Thee by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
“The Deor’s Lament” is a moving elegy of forty lines which gives voice to the suffering of a minstrel or a scop who has been replaced by a rival after years of service to his Lord. The speaker’s self consolation takes a meditative form as he looks back upon five instances of suffering inflicted upon… Continue reading The Deor’s Lament Analysis
There is no individual writer who has wielded greater influence than Shakespeare over the English language. Shakespeare’s use of language is unique and appealing at times. He constantly satirized linguistic and stylistic fashions among his contemporaries and experimented with all kinds of innovations, dialectical adaptations and archaisms which enriched the English language. One of the… Continue reading Shakespeare’s Use of Language
This article provides a critical analysis of Paradise Lost focusing on description of Satan, Blank verses in Paradise Lost and the Epic Similes used in the poetry. Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton. It was originally published in 1667 in ten books, with a total… Continue reading Paradise Lost Critical Analysis
The re-Christianizing of England by Celtic missionaries and St. Augustine did not just revolutionize the life and religious beliefs of England; it also brought the wealth of a new kind of Literature under an impulse that was very powerful, different and exalted. Under the influence of Christianity began a new creative period in England towards… Continue reading Christian Influence in English Poetry
The extant Exeter manuscript brings to us some preserved elegies of the Anglo-Saxon Age which are neither pagan nor Christian; instead they are a direct recording of the personal feelings of the speaker of these poems. These elegies stand out among the rest of the poems belonging to this period in English Literature owing to… Continue reading Characteristics of an Elegy of Anglo-Saxon Age
The Germanic forefathers of the English brought with them their own poetry but there is no evidence of them bringing any prose writings. The development of English prose wholly took place in England and was greatly facilitated by the introduction of Christianity. The early prose was utilitarian and we find its first traces in the… Continue reading Anglosaxon Literature and Prose
The Wanderer is an elegiac piece of poetry preserved in the extant Exeter manuscript which is purports the lament of a solitary man who had once been happy under the protection of his loved lord but after his lord’s death is confronted with bitter frozen waves and winter cold. The thought of his lost happiness… Continue reading Anglo Saxon Poetry The Wanderer
The re-Christianizing of England by Celtic missionaries and St. Augustine brought the wealth of a new kind of Literature under an impulse that was very powerful, different and exalted. The new religion brought about a change in the tone and spirit of the language and under its influence began a new creative period in English… Continue reading Anglo-Saxon English Literature Analysis
