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The story by Harsh Mander, Weathering the Storm in Ersama, is based on a true story and explores how the people of a village faced a horrifying cyclone that hit Odisha in October 1999. Weathering the Storm in Ersama Summary The story, Weathering the Storm in Ersama, by Harsh Mander, is based on a real-life… Continue reading Weathering the Storm in Ersama: Summary and Analysis: 2022

The Happy Prince is a beautiful story by Oscar Wilde. It tells the story of a statue of a Prince that was studded with gems and gold leaves. It also had a swallow that helped needy people. The Happy Prince Summary There was a statue of the Happy Prince, and it stood high. It was… Continue reading The Happy Prince: Summary and Analysis: 2022

In this story, In the Kingdom of Fools, by A.K. Ramanujan, we see a tale of a kingdom ruled by a foolish king and his silly ministers. In the Kingdom of Fools Summary The story, In the Kingdom of Fools, is an adaptation of a Kannada folktale by A.K. Ramanujan’s ‘Folk Tales from India’. It… Continue reading In the Kingdom of Fools: Summary: 2022

Iswaran is a story about a junior supervisor, Mahendra, and his cook Iswaran. Once, Iswaran tells his master a ghost story. Things take an unexpected turn. Iswaran the Storyteller Summary Iswaran the Storyteller, by R.K.Narayan, is an interesting story about Mahendra, a bachelor and junior supervisor in a firm who lived with his cook, Iswaran.… Continue reading Iswaran the Storyteller: Summary: 2022

The Book That Saved the Earth, by Claire Bioko, is a hypothetical play about the Martian characters- Think Tank, Noodle, Omega, Iota, and Oop. They visit the Earth with the plan of invading it. The story unravels their attempt.  The Book That Saved The Earth Summary The play was written by Claire Bioko. As the… Continue reading The Book That Saved The Earth: Summary and Analysis: 2022

Shelley left his poem The Triumph of Life unfinished, for he died in early July 1822. His centripetal motive was influenced by Petrarch’s poems called Trionfi. In Petrarch’s poems, as in Shelley’s, the word “triumph” takes up the Latin’ triumphus’ meaning the ceremonial dance and the entrance of a victorious Roman general into the city… Continue reading Summary of The Triumph of Life by Shelley (2022 Update)

This analysis of Elizabeth Bishop’s “First Death in Nova Scotia” is divided into three parts – context, rhyme scheme and rhetorical devices, and themes. Context: This poem was first published in 1965 as part of Elizabeth Bishop’s poetry collection entitled Questions of Travel. It was also later included in her collection entitled The Complete Poems,… Continue reading First Death in Nova Scotia Summary and Analysis: 2022

This analysis of Lewis Carroll’s “How doth the Little Crocodile” is divided into three parts – context, rhyme scheme and rhetorical devices, and themes. Context: As mentioned in summary, “How doth the Little Crocodile” appears in Carroll’s most famous children’s book entitled Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. This poem appears in Chapter 2, and Alice recites… Continue reading How doth the Little Crocodile Analysis by Lewis Carroll: 2022

Lewis Carroll was the pen name of Charles L. Dodgson, the renowned Victorian author, and mathematician. The eldest of 11 children, Carroll was rather adept at entertaining himself and his siblings. He also pursued photography, often choosing children as the subject of his portraits. One of his favorite models was a little girl named Alice… Continue reading How doth the Little Crocodile Summary by Lewis Carroll: 2022

The poem A Psalm of Life by H.W. Longfellow consists of nine stanzas with four lines each. End rhyme has been used extensively in the poem throughout. It follows the rhyme pattern of abab/cdcd/efef/high/ijij/klkl/mnmn/opop/qrqr A Psalm of Life Central Idea The poem A Psalm of Life by H.W. Longfellow is a call to action made… Continue reading A Psalm of Life: Theme, Tone, and Central Idea: 2022