Analysis, Central Idea and Theme of Sweet are the Uses of Adversity

Critical Analysis of Sweet are the Uses of Adversity: It is absolutely essential to understand the character of the speaker of this poem in order to understand the poem itself. ...

Summary of Sweet are the Uses of Adversity by Shakespeare

About the poet: William Shakespeare is best known as the greatest dramatist of all time. However, he is also considered the first national poet of England, who brought his ...

Meaning of The Solitary Reaper by William Wordsworth

Stanza-wise Annotations of The Solitary Reaper: Stanza 1: ‘Behold’- to see ‘Yon’- a dialectical adjective. It refers to something that is distant yet within sight. ...

Analysis, Central Idea and Theme of Razia the Tigress

Critical Analysis of Razia the Tigress: The situation described in the poem “Razia the Tigress” is a little difficult to understand at first. It is unclear whether Sheru has ...

Summary of Razia the Tigress by Keki N. Daruwalla

About the poet: Keki Nasserji Daruwalla is an Indian English poet and short story writer. He was born in 1937 in Lahore (which is now in Pakistan). Daruwalla has published ...

Meaning and Solved Questions of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Annotations of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner: In the first stanza, it is seen that three young men are walking together to a wedding when one of them is arrested by a whined ...

Critical Analysis of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner: Tthe original version of the poem in the 1797 edition of Lyrical Ballads did not consist of the side notes. But the ...

Summary of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Coleridge

About the Poet: Samuel Taylor Coleridge, born on October 21, 1772, was an English poet as well as a literary critic of modern English tradition. He was also a philosopher, a ...

Solved Questions of The Inchcape Rock by Robert Southey

Solved Questions of  The Inchcape Rock: 1. What is “Inchcape Rock”? The 'Inchcape Rock' is a perilous reef off the east coast of Angus Scotland near the mouth of the river Tay. ...

Analysis, Central Idea and Theme of The Inchcape Rock

Critical Analysis of The Inchcape Rock: Inchcape rock is a story of a rock that turns the plot altogether. It deals with the tying of the bell by Abot of Aberbrothok along with ...

A Short Introduction and Summary of The Inchcape Rock by Southey

About the Poet: Robert Southey was an English poet whose main literary movement was Romanticism. Robert Southey was born in Wine Street, Bristol, England, to Robert Southey and ...

Critical Analysis of Once Upon A Time by Gabriel Okara

Once Upon A Time is about a father teaching his son regarding the dangers of fake friends and how times have changed. This infers that it used to happen by the use of the word, ...

Critical Analysis of The Arrow and the Song by H. W. Longfellow

Critical Analysis of The Arrow and the Song: The poem received wide range criticism. The arrow and the Song originated with the poet but are still things that are controlled by ...

Summary of The Arrow and the Song by H. W. Longfellow

About the Poet: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was an imperious figure in the cultural life of nineteenth-century America. Born in Portland, Maine in 1807, he became a national ...