This poem analysis of Alfred Lord Tennyson’s ‘Home they brought her Warrior Dead’ is divided into three parts – context, rhyme scheme and rhetorical devices, and contrasts. Context: The first part of the poem explanation focuses on the context in which ‘Home they brought her Warrior Dead’ was published. This short lyric was published in… Continue reading Analysis of Home they brought her Warrior Dead by Alfred Lord Tennyson
This poem summary focuses on the lyrical poem ‘Home they brought her Warrior Dead’ by Alfred Lord Tennyson. This poem is made up of four stanzas, each consisting of four lines each. The whole poem is written in third person with the narrator describing a particular incident. The incident in question is a recently-widowed woman’s… Continue reading Summary of Home they brought her Warrior Dead by Alfred Lord Tennyson
This poem summary focuses on the poem ‘Hauntings’ by Rupert Brooke. Rupert Brooke (1887-1915) is best known for his war poetry. However, he also wrote on a variety of other topics, such as love, and the contemporary society of the early part of the twentieth century. ‘Hauntings’ is not a typical Rupert Brooke poem in… Continue reading Summary of Hauntings by Rupert Brooke
This poem summary of ‘Hauntings’ by Rupert Brooke is divided into three parts – context, rhyme scheme, and themes. Context: The first part of the poem explanation focuses on the context in which this poem was written by Brooke. It was written in 1914. The political situation was tense at the time. It was the… Continue reading Analysis of Hauntings by Rupert Brooke
This poem analysis of Alfred Lord Tennyson’s ‘Guinevere’ is divided into three parts – context, rhyme scheme and poetic style, and deeper meaning. Context: The first part of the poem explanation focuses on the context in which ‘Guinevere’ was published. It was published in 1859, along with ‘Enid’, ‘Vivien’ and ‘Elaine’, as part of the… Continue reading Analysis of Guinevere by Alfred Lord Tennyson
This poem summary focuses on the long narrative poem ‘Guinevere’ by Alfred Lord Tennyson. This poem tells the story of Queen Guinevere, the consort of King Arthur. King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table are the most important characters of English legend, and their time is portrayed as the golden age of England’s… Continue reading Summary of Guinevere by Alfred Lord Tennyson
This poem summary focuses on the poem ‘Your Laughter’ by Chilean poet Pablo Neruda. Neruda’s love poems are some of the most touching works ever written, and ‘Your laughter’ is no exception. This poem consists of six stanzas, each made up of varying numbers of lines. The first stanza consists of just three lines, but… Continue reading Summary of Your Laughter by Pablo Neruda
This poem analysis of Pablo Neruda’s poem ‘Your Laughter’ is divided into three parts – context, rhyme scheme and rhetorical devices, and deeper significance. Context: ‘Your Laughter’ was published as part of a collection of poetry by Neruda entitled The Captain’s Verses, which was published in the year 1972. This shows that ‘Your laughter’ was… Continue reading Analysis of Your Laughter by Pablo Neruda
Context: Emily Dickinson wrote these poems in solitude, and never let any of them get published. A lot of letters to her father and sister-in-law were these poems, which were later published by them. This poem is one of her scribbles about the man she admired and loved. She never wrote any poem with a… Continue reading Analysis of Why do I Love by Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson wrote these poems in solitude, and never let any of them get published. A lot of letters to her father and sister-in-law were these poems, which were later published by them. This poem is one of her scribbles about the man she admired and loved. She never wrote any poem with a title,… Continue reading Summary of Why do I Love by Emily Dickinson
