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The poem “The Fly” written by William Blake was published in 1794 in his poetry collection “Songs of Experience”. The collection contained 26 poems. “The Fly” depicts an ordinary daily life incident which we would rather ignore. A disturbing fly killed by accident provokes the thoughts of the poet’s tender heart. He didn’t think it… Continue reading The Fly Analysis by William Blake

A poem has an outcome that though for seen was pre destined from the first image of the original mood- and indeed from the very mood – Robert frost Robert Frost the great American poet has given his panoramic view on nature and man meanness. His response to nature is entirely realistic. The poem a… Continue reading A Brook in the City Analysis by Robert Frost

Robert Frost was born in San Francisco on 26th March 1874. His family was from New England. Frost joined Dartmouth College in 1892, and his first poem, ‘The Butterfly,’ was published in New York Independent in 1894. He was honored with the Pulitzer Prize and was invited to recite his poem ‘The Gift Outright’ at… Continue reading A Boundless Moment: Analysis

Biographical Reference and Publication History: Born in 1809, Edgar Allen Poe was brought up by John and Frances Allen, after this mother’s death in 1811. In his short span of life (1809-1849), he had already witnessed many tragic deaths in his family including the death of his beloved young wife Virginia Clemm in 1847, on… Continue reading Eulalie Analysis by Edgar Allen Poe

“Before the Birth of One of Her Children” by Anne Bradstreet is an epistolary (i.e., in the form of a letter) poem written in heroic couplets—two-line grouping in iambic pentameter with an “aa bb cc…” rhyme scheme. Iambic describes a way to write and read poetry according to stressed and unstressed syllables. An iamb is… Continue reading Before the Birth of One of Her Children Analysis by Anne Bradstreet

“To Her Father with Some Verses” by Anne Bradstreet is written in heroic couplets—two-line grouping in iambic pentameter with an “aa bb cc…” rhyme scheme. Iambic describes a way to write and read poetry according to stressed and unstressed syllables. An iamb is a unit of poetic meter, or a foot, consisting of one unstressed… Continue reading To Her Father with Some Verses Analysis by Anne Bradstreet

“A Letter to Her Husband, Absent upon Public(k) Employment” by Anne Bradstreet is a love poem, written in heroic couplets, except for the final couplet, which is in iambic tetrameter. Heroic couplets are two-line groupings in iambic pentameter with an “aa bb cc…” rhyme scheme. Iambic describes a way to write and read poetry according… Continue reading A Letter to Her Husband Analysis by Anne Bradstreet

“Verses upon the Burning of our House, July 10, 1666” (sometimes attributed a longer title: “Here Follows Some Verses Upon the Burning of Our house, July 10th. 1666. Copied Out of a Loose Paper.”) by Anne Bradstreet is a poem written in couplets in iambic tetrameter. The rhyme scheme is “aa bb cc…” This is… Continue reading Verses upon the Burning of our House Analysis by Anne Bradstreet 2022

“The Author to Her Book” by Anne Bradstreet is in extended metaphor in heroic couplets—two-line groupings in iambic pentameter with an “aa bb cc…” rhyme scheme. Iambic describes a way to write and read poetry according to stressed and unstressed syllables. An iamb is a unit of poetic meter, or a foot, consisting of one… Continue reading The Author to Her Book Analysis by Anne Bradstreet

Sylvia Plath was arguably one of the most prolific confessional poetry writers of the 20th century. Plath combines traditional classical poetry themes with confessional style poetry. Academics and critics have suggested that she has used her poetry as a narrative vehicle to express her emotional turmoil. For instance, one of her most well known poems,… Continue reading Childless Woman Analysis by Sylvia Plath