About the Poet - Robert Burns was a Scottish poet and lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland and is celebrated worldwide. He is the best known of the ...
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Critical Analysis of Sunrise on the Hills Though ‘Sunrise on the Hills’ may appear to be a simple poem, that does not diminish our enjoyment of it. The poet’s natural description ...
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About the Poet - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was one of the five Fireside poets, whose poems are very often included in anthologies. His best known work is The Song of Hiawatha. ...
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Summary of Sunrise on the Hills The poem consists of three stanzas of varying length. The first stanza is made up of eighteen lines. The second stanza is made up of twelve lines. ...
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Critical Analysis of The Highwayman The world that Noyes creates through this poem is a world where laws do not seem to have much of a place. For one, the highwayman does not ...
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The poem is divided into two parts, marked out in the text as ‘Part One’ and ‘Part Two’. ‘Part One’ consists of six stanzas. Each of these stanzas is again made up of six lines. ...
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About the Poet - Alfred Noyes CBE (16 September 1880 – 25 June 1958) was an English poet, short-story writer and playwright, best known for his ballads, "The Highwayman" and "The ...
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Critical Analysis of The One Furrow “The One Furrow” by R. S. Thomas is a dynamic poem, which captivates the heart and emotion of everyone who reads it, leaving behind the ...
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About the Poet - Ronald Stuart Thomas (29 March 1913 – 25 September 2000), published as R. S. Thomas, was a Welsh poet and Anglican priest who was noted for his nationalism, ...
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Critical Analysis of My Shadow The poet Robert Louis Stevenson has used a perspective of a child in his poem, My Shadows, to give a touch of innocence. He shows how the child is ...
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About the Poet - Robert Louis Stevenson was a novelist and a poet born in Edinburgh. He was never a healthy person as a child and often remained sick. He began studying ...
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Critical Analysis of The Man he Killed The poem is a direct attack on the glorification of war. There was always a certain glory added to war, and martyrdom was deified. Hardy, ...
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Summary of The Man He Killed Stanza 1 Had he and I but met By some old ancient inn, We should have set us down to wet Right many a nipperkin! The speaker begins by ...
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About the Poet - Thomas Hardy (June 2, 1840- January 11, 1928) was an English novelist and poet. Although he is considered a Victorian writer, he was influenced by Romanticism, ...
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