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‘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

In “The Workbox,” Thomas Hardy tells the story of a young couple living in a small village in a rural area of the English countryside. The characters in the story include the husband who is a carpenter by trade, his wife, the recently deceased John Wayward, and the narrator. The opening lines begin with the… Continue reading The Workbox Analysis by Thomas Hardy: 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

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

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

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

“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

About Maya Angelou: Writer and civil rights activist Maya Angelou was born on April 4, 1928, in St. Louis, Missouri. She shot to instant fame with the publication of her 1969 memoir, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, which made literary history as the first non-fiction best-seller by an African-American woman. In 1971, Angelou published… Continue reading Summary and Analysis of Phenomenal Woman by Maya Angelou: 2022

Robert Browning was an English poet and playwright whose mastery of the dramatic monologue made him one of the foremost Victorian poets. His poems are known for their irony, characterization, dark humour, social commentary, historical settings, challenging vocabulary and syntax.Browning’s early career began promisingly but was not a success. The long poem Pauline brought him… Continue reading Summary and Analysis of The Last Ride Together by Robert Browning: 2022

Here we are looking at a detailed stanza-wise summary of Matthew Arnold‘s Dover Beach. Matthew Arnold, being one of the most eminent Victorian poets, minutely captures the cultural, moral and ethical decomposition existing in the Victorian era of doubts and disbelief. He was an English poet and cultural critic who considered poetry as the “Criticism… Continue reading Dover Beach Summary by Matthew Arnold: 2022