Category: ICSE/ISCE
Summary of Telephone Conversation by Wole Soyinka
14About the Poem Written in the first person narrative form, "Telephone Conversation" by Wole Soyinka grapples with the issue of racism, that being a ...
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Summary of After Blenheim by Robert Southey
0About the Poet- Robert Southey (12 August 1774 – 21 March 1843) was an English poet of the Romantic school, one of the so-called "Lake Poets", and Poet Laureate for 30 years from ...
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The Shield of Achilles Analysis by W.H. Auden
0Taking its cue from Homer’s epic Iliad, the analysis of The Shield of Achilles conjures an image of a meditative poem which seeks to draw a comment on how brutal and ...
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Summary of Prayer For My Daughter by W.B Yeats
6“Prayer for My Daughter” is a beautiful personal poem by William Butler Yeats reflecting his gloomy mood and a fear of a disturbing future. The poem was composed in 1919 and ...
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Analysis of Small Pain in My Chest by Michael Mack
12Small 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 ...
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Analysis of A Psalm of Life by H.W Longfellow
21The 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 ...
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Analysis of The Inchcape Rock by Robert Southey
15Robert Southey’s The Inchcape Rock is based on the legendary story of a reef off the east coast of Scotland. STYLE: The Inchcape Rock is written in the form of a ballad ...
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Analysis of I Believe by Brucellish K Sangma
12I Believe is a poem by a Garo poet, Brucellish K Sangma. It is a translation from the original Garo poem, Anga Bebera’a into English by the same poet. She is one of the eminent ...
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Summary of Small Pain in My Chest by Michael Mack
41Small 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 ...
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Summary of The Inchcape Rock by Robert Southey
38Inchcape 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 ...
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Summary of I Believe by Brucellish K Sangma
27About the poet: Brucellish K Sangma is a Garo poet. Hence she hails from the state of Meghalaya in north-eastern India. She is one of the most eminent among Garo women poets. Not ...
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Summary of A Psalm Of Life by H.W Longfellow
37A 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 ...
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Analysis of The Professor by Nissim Ezekiel
32The 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 ...
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Summary of The Professor by Nissim Ezekiel
54The 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 ...
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