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About the poet: Robert Southey was an English poet of the Romantic school. He was also one of the so-called “Lake Poets“, and Poet Laureate for 30 years from 1813 to his death in 1843. Southey was a prolific letter writer, literary scholar, essay writer, historian, and biographer. His biographies include the life and works of such personalities as John Bunyan, John… Continue reading Stanza-wise Summary of The Inchcape Rock by Robert Southey: 2022

Critical Analysis of If Thou Must Love Me: “If Thou Must Love Me” is an atypical sonnet in many ways. This is because of all its differences from the sonnets written during the period of the Renaissance. In those sonnets, the speaker was always a man. Since this sonnet is written by the poet in… Continue reading Analysis, Central Idea and Theme of If Thou Must Love Me: 2022

About the poet: Elizabeth Barrett Browning was one of the most prominent English poets of the Victorian period. Her poetry was widely popular in both England and the United States during her lifetime. Barrett Browning was born in Coxhoe Hall, between the villages of Coxhoe and Kelloe in County Durham, on 6th March 1806. She was the eldest of 12 children… Continue reading Line by Line Summary of If Thou Must Love by Elizabeth Barrett Browning: 2022

Critical Analysis of I am the People, the Mob: “I am the People, the Mob” is more a vision of the future than a description of the present. The poet outlines a dream of self-governance. He describes the hardships that the masses have had to bear at the hands of a powerful and corrupt few,… Continue reading Analysis, Central Idea and Theme of I am the People, the Mob: 2022

“I am the People, the Mob” by Carl Sandburg was published in 1916 as part of his collection of poetry entitled Chicago Poems. This poem provides almost certain foreknowledge of the poet’s later support for the Civil Rights Movement, as it speaks of his belief in the power of the common masses. About the poet:… Continue reading I am the People, the Mob: Summary: 2022

Critical Analysis of Follower: This poem is certainly a personal reminiscence, but it represents a cultural memory as well. In the Ireland that has become fully industrialized, farming is discounted as a non-sustainable way of life. However, Heaney revisits the pre-industrial past of Ireland in this poem. He shows how Ireland has survived for generations… Continue reading Analysis, Central Idea and Theme of Follower: 2022

About the poet: Seamus Justin Heaney was an Irish poet, playwright, translator, and lecturer. He received the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature. Heaney was a professor at Harvard from 1981 to 1997 and also its Poet in Residence from 1988 to 2006. Between 1989 and 1994, he was also the Professor of Poetry at Oxford and, in 1996, was made a Commandeur de l’Ordre des Arts… Continue reading Summary of Follower by Seamus Heaney: 2022

General, your Tank is a Powerful Vehicle: Critical Analysis “General, your tank is a Powerful Vehicle” was written in the third decade of the twentieth century, during the Interwar Period. This period of human history is known as the Interwar Period because it occurred between the First World War (that stretched from 1914 to 1918)… Continue reading General, your Tank is a Powerful Vehicle: Critical Analysis: 2023

About the poet: Bertolt Brecht was a German poet, playwright, and theatre director.  Berliner Ensemble – the post-war theatre company – was started by Brecht and his wife, long-time collaborator and actress Helene Weigel. Brecht was born on 10th February 1898 in Augsburg, Bavaria. He was born as Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht. Brecht’s mother was a devout Protestant while his father was a Catholic (who had nevertheless been… Continue reading Summary of General, your Tank is a Powerful Vehicle by Bertolt Brecht: 2022

The well-known lyric, “Death the Leveller,” also known by its first line as “The Glories of our Blood and State,” appears at the very end of James Shirley’s play entitled The Contention of Ajax and Ulysses for the Armour of Achilles, which was printed in the year 1659. About the Poet: James Shirley (also spelled… Continue reading Death the Leveller: Summary and Analysis: 2023