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About the poet: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, born on February 27, 1807, was an American poet and also the first American to translate Dante’s Divine Comedy. He belonged to the Fireside poets. He was born in Portland, Maine. He completed his academic career at Bowdoin College; he later became a professor at the same college from where… Continue reading Moods Summary and Analysis by H.W. Longfellow: 2022
About the poem: John Keats, an English poet, born on December 31, 1795, was the last the Romantic. While Scott was merely telling stories, and Wordsworth reforming poetry or upholding the moral law, and Shelley advocating impossible reforms, and Byron voicing his own egoism and the political discontent of the times, Keats lived apart from men… Continue reading To Autumn Summary and Analysis by John Keats: 2022
About the poem: There are chiefly two distinct faces of George Gordon, Lord Byron and his poetry; one good, the other had; and those who write about him generally describe one side or the other in superlatives. Thus one critic speaks of his “splendid and imperishable excellence of sincerity and strength”; another of his “gaudy charlatanry,… Continue reading The Destruction of Sennacherib Summary and Analysis: 2022
About the poet: The American essayist, lecturer and famous as a poet and was a pioneer of the mid-19th century transcendentalist movement, Ralph Waldo Emerson, was born on 25 May, 1803. Once driven away from the religious and social beliefs of his contemporaries, he produces his famous essay, “Nature” in 1836, elaborating the philosophy of transcendentalism. This… Continue reading The Rhodora Summary and Analysis by R.W. Emerson: 2022
About the author: The American poet Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was born on December 10, 1830. She is considered as the most important American poet of the 19th century along with Walt Whitman. Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts. Although she was from a prominent family with strong ties to its community, Dickinson lived much of her life… Continue reading It was not Death for I Stood Up Analysis by Emily Dickinson: 2022
About the author: The American poet Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was born on December 10, 1830. She is considered as the most important American poet of the 19th century along with Walt Whitman. Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts. Although she was from a prominent family with strong ties to its community, Dickinson lived much of her life… Continue reading We Grow Accustomed to the Dark Summary and Analysis: 2022
About the author: Gerard Manley Hopkins born on 28 July, 1844 was not just an English poet, he was a Catholic and was also a Jesuit priest; and needless to say, whose extravagant contribution in the world of literature established him among the leading Victorian poets. He was an innovative writer who has the patent of… Continue reading God’s Grandeur Summary and Analysis by G.M. Hopkins: 2022
The Poet: Henry Charles Bukowski (born Heinrich Karl Bukowski; August 16, 1920 – March 9, 1994) was a German-born American poet, novelist, and short story writer. His home city Los Angeles’ social, economic, political background influenced his writing. His writing deals with the lives of poor Americans, downtrodden of American society, alcoholism, relationship with women, act… Continue reading Summary and Analysis of Sleep by Charles Bukowski: 2022
Emily Dickinson wrote this poem to her brother, Austin, the eldest of the Dickinson’ children, who was in Boston at the time. It was sent to him along with her letters. Different people interpret this poem in different ways, and the real truth behind this piece of poetry can be said to be known only… Continue reading There is Another Sky: Summary and Analysis: 2022
About Emily Dickinson: Emily Dickinson was born in 1830, in the town of Amherst, Massachusetts. Though her family was well connected and though her father took active participation in both state and national politics, Dickinson seldom left her home. The number of visitors was few, but they had a huge impact on her life and her… Continue reading I Dwell in Possibility Summary and Analysis by Emily Dickinson: 2022
