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About Maya Angelou: Writer and civil rights activist Maya Angelou was born on April 4, 1928, in St. Louis, Missouri. She shot to instant fame with the publication of her 1969 memoir, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, which made literary history as the first non-fiction best-seller by an African-American woman. In 1971, Angelou published… Continue reading Summary and Analysis of Phenomenal Woman by Maya Angelou: 2022
Robert Browning was an English poet and playwright whose mastery of the dramatic monologue made him one of the foremost Victorian poets. His poems are known for their irony, characterization, dark humour, social commentary, historical settings, challenging vocabulary and syntax.Browning’s early career began promisingly but was not a success. The long poem Pauline brought him… Continue reading Summary and Analysis of The Last Ride Together by Robert Browning: 2022
About the Poet: Dilip Purushottam Chitre was one of the foremost Indian writers and critics of post-Independence India. Apart from being a writer, he was also a painter and a filmmaker. He graduated from the University of Bombay in 1959. He won the Sahitya Akademi Award (1994) for his Marathi book of poems Ekun Kavita. Father… Continue reading Father Returning Home: Summary and Analysis: 2022
‘Do Not Go Gentle Into That Night’ was written by Dylan Thomas in 1945, when his father D. J Thomas was seriously ill. The poem was published in his collection, In Country Sleep, after his father’s death. The poem is a protest against the idea of accepting death quietly. It discusses the various ways to… Continue reading Summary and Analysis of Do Not Go Gentle Into The Night by Dylan Thomas
‘The Eve of Waterloo’ by Lord Byron is a narrative poem, exciting as well as full of pathos. The poem is based on a true incident that happened just before the Battle o Waterloo. The battle took place in June 1815 in Waterloo, a village about 11 miles from Brussels where the Duke of Wellington… Continue reading Summary and Analysis of The Eve of Waterloo by Lord Byron
‘Men build too many walls and not enough bridges’ -Isaac Newton. The poem “Mending Wall” by Robert Frost presents his ideas of barriers between people, communication, friendship and the sense of safety that people acquire from building barriers. Summary of Mending Wall by Robert Frost Lines 1-9: The narrator expresses his wonder about a phenomenon, through… Continue reading Summary and Analysis of Mending Wall by Robert Frost
Nissim Ezekiel is one of the prolific Indian writers in English of the 20th century. He was playwright, editor, critic and poet. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for his Poetry collection, ‘Latter-Day Psalms. He was also awarded the Padma Shree by the Government of India in 1988. He is often called the “Father… Continue reading Summary and Analysis of the Enterprise by Nissim Ezekiel
Wilfred Owen served as a Lieutenant in the British army during the First World War, ironically he was killed shortly before the Armistice was signed. Wilfred Owen’s Dulce Et Decorum Est is a compelling poem trying to depict the helplessness of soldiers caught in a Gas Chamber. The poet describes the general condition of the men… Continue reading Summary and Analysis of Dulce Et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen
