The Cold Within Summary by James Patrick Kinney: 2022<
December 26, 2017 by Website Contributors
The Cold Within Summary by James Patrick Kinney: 2022

About the Author: James Patrick Kinney (16 march 1923- 29 May 1974): Born in a humble Irish family, James Patrick Kinney, an Irish American poet, was mostly self-educated. Owing to the responsibility of his mother, upon reaching 10th grade in high school, James dropped out. It was during this period of self-education that he started taking… Continue reading The Cold Within Summary by James Patrick Kinney: 2022

Analysis of Small Pain in My Chest by Michael Mack<
August 19, 2013 by Trisha
Analysis of Small Pain in My Chest by Michael Mack

Small Pain in My Chest by Michael Mack was read over to 5000 people, at the funeral of the first Blackhawk helicopter pilot, who was shot down in Iraq. It is also read at the Vietnam Veterans meetings. The poem shows the pain suffered by the soldiers in a war. It also portrays the human… Continue reading Analysis of Small Pain in My Chest by Michael Mack

Analysis of A Psalm of Life by H.W Longfellow<
August 13, 2013 by Trisha
Analysis of A Psalm of Life by H.W Longfellow

The title of A Psalm of Life is an appropriate one. A psalm is an invocation to mankind to follow the path of the righteousness. Here, the speaker advises people to be heroes in their lives. He asks them to lie in the present, without thinking about the past or the future. A poem teaching… Continue reading Analysis of A Psalm of Life by H.W Longfellow

Summary of Small Pain in My Chest by Michael Mack<
August 7, 2013 by Trisha
Summary of Small Pain in My Chest by Michael Mack

Small Pain in My Chest by Michael Mack was read over to 5000 people, at the funeral of the first Blackhawk helicopter pilot, who was shot down in Iraq. It is also read at the Vietnam Veterans meetings. The poem shows the pain suffered by the soldiers in a war. It also portrays the human… Continue reading Summary of Small Pain in My Chest by Michael Mack

Summary of The Inchcape Rock by Robert Southey<
August 6, 2013 by Trisha
Summary of The Inchcape Rock by Robert Southey

Inchcape Rock is a popular poem by Robert Southey about the Inchcape Rock Legend, a reef which is situated in the North Sea, close to the coastal region of Angus in Scotland. The Inchcape Rock is known for its infamy as causation for shipwreck. This poem by Robert Southey revolves around the famous folktale of… Continue reading Summary of The Inchcape Rock by Robert Southey

Summary of A Psalm Of Life by H.W Longfellow<
August 1, 2013 by Trisha
Summary of A Psalm Of Life by H.W Longfellow

A Psalm of Life, a lyric of religious emotion was published in October of 1838. This poem is taken from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s first volume of poems. A ‘psalm’ is a sacred song, an invocation to mankind to follow the path of righteousness. A Psalm of Life is a blow to the pessimistic attitude of… Continue reading Summary of A Psalm Of Life by H.W Longfellow

Analysis of The Professor by Nissim Ezekiel<
July 21, 2013 by Trisha
Analysis of The Professor by Nissim Ezekiel

The Professor is noted for its expression of the Indian attitude. Indians are proud of their proficiency in English but they are never bothered about the fact that their Indian English is far from the Native English.     STYLE AND FORM: The Professor is both a conversational poem as well as a satirical poem.… Continue reading Analysis of The Professor by Nissim Ezekiel

Summary of The Professor by Nissim Ezekiel<
July 19, 2013 by Trisha
Summary of The Professor by Nissim Ezekiel

The Professor by Nissim Ezekiel is a satirical poem written in the form of a conversation between a professor and his student. A satire is way of criticizing a person, an idea or something where the poet uses humour to point out their faults and weaknesses. Here, the professor makes fun of himself by the… Continue reading Summary of The Professor by Nissim Ezekiel

July 19, 2013 by Trisha
Analysis of A Doctor’s Journal Entry for August 6, 1945 by Vikram Seth

The poem, A Doctor’s Journal Entry for August 6, 1945 is penned down in the form of an entry in a journal by a doctor for keeping records. The entry gave the readers a vivid picture of how the people were taken aback when atomic bombs were dropped on their city of Hiroshima in 1945… Continue reading Analysis of A Doctor’s Journal Entry for August 6, 1945 by Vikram Seth

Summary of A Doctor’s Journal Entry for August 6, 1945 by Vikram Seth<
July 15, 2013 by Trisha
Summary of A Doctor’s Journal Entry for August 6, 1945 by Vikram Seth

A Doctor’s Journal Entry for August 6, 1945 by Vikram Seth is a remarkable poem describing the horrors of the aftermath of an atomic bomb explosion. This tragic poem describes the condition of the survivors of the atomic bombing by the United States on Hiroshima during the end of the World War II on 6th… Continue reading Summary of A Doctor’s Journal Entry for August 6, 1945 by Vikram Seth