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ABOUT THE POET: William Wordsworth (1770-1850) is one of the stalwarts of the English Literature canon. He precipitated the Romantic Movement along with fellow poet Coleridge. Their joint venture, ‘Lyrical Ballads’ of 1798 is considered a touchstone of the Romantic sentiment. His most ambitious work was ‘The Recluse’ but he never got around to completing it.… Continue reading Stolen Boat by William Wordsworth Summary

CRITICAL ANALYSIS- This poem has the potential to be read on various levels. To each of us, the poem reads differently. Few of the levels, however, are the most important and apparent. On the literal level, the poem is simply about the theft of a boat by the young Wordsworth and the aftermath of which left him… Continue reading Stolen Boat by William Wordsworth Analysis

First and foremost, this poem is about the poetry of the earth. This ‘poetry’ that Keats talks about can be read variously. The Poet of Earth: Analysis Literally speaking, the poetry of earth indicates the various sounds found in the natural world, be it the calls of birds or beasts or insects. These natural sounds… Continue reading The Poetry of Earth: Analysis

The poem is a sonnet by John Keats. The poem was composed in the December of 1816 when the poet was twenty-one years of age. It was published posthumously in ‘The Poetical Works of John Keats’ in 1884. About the Poet: John Keats (1795–1821) was one of the leading figures in the second-generation Romantic poets.… Continue reading The Poetry of Earth: Summary

Critical Analysis: On the surface a children’s poem, But at its heart The Crocodile and the Monkey by Vikram Seth is a well spun tale of friendship, kindness, betrayal and subsequent estrangement. Rewriting the moralistic tale of not trusting those who are untrustworthy, from the Panchatantra, Seth presents this story in a poetic form with a… Continue reading Analysis of The Crocodile and the Monkey by Vikram Seth

About the poet: Conceived on  June 20, 1952 , Vikram Seth is a well known Indian writer, author, travel essayist, librettist, kids’ author, biographer and memoirist. His dad, Prem Seth, was a shoe organization official and his mom, Laila Seth, served as a judge. Conceived in Kolkata, Vikram Seth’s youth was spent in the town of… Continue reading Summary of The Crocodile and the Monkey by Vikram Seth

About the poet: René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke also called Rainer Maria Rilke, was a Bohemian-Austrian writer. Conceived on 4th December,1875, Rilke was the only child of a German-talking family in Prague, then piece of the Austro-Hungarian empire. He was generally perceived as a standout amongst the most expressively extreme German-dialect artists writing in… Continue reading You Who Never Arrived Summary

Rilke’s You Who Never Arrived is a poem of two stanzas that deals with his mystical longing for glimpses of his elusive Beloved. The poet here is not shown to be struggling to find his one true love, but has accepted the face that Beloved will forever remain tantalisingly close, but just out of his… Continue reading You Who Never Arrived Analysis

The poet laureate who launched the romantic age in Britain with themes of nature in his poetry, William Wordsworth’s To the Cuckoo, is a classic example of his style of poetry. We have given here, To The Cuckoo: Analysis. To The Cuckoo: Analysis Consisting of 8 quatrains, this poem is directly addressed to the cuckoo… Continue reading To the Cuckoo: Analysis

A quatrain consisting of eight stanzas, To the Cuckoo is a lyrical pastoral poem with elaborate stanzaic formations. Hence, it can be called an ode to the Cuckoo bird. The poet has directly addressed this poem to the cuckoo and expresses his love, devotion, and yearning to visually glimpse the cuckoo throughout the poem. Here… Continue reading To the Cuckoo: Summary 2022