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About the poet: Robert Frost, the most popular poet of America, was born in San Francisco, California, to Mr. William Prescott Frost, Jr., and Isabelle Moodie. His mother was a Scottish immigrant, and his father descended from Nicholas Frost of Tiverton, Devon, England, who had sailed to New Hampshire in 1634 on the Wolfrana. He… Continue reading Summary of Birches by Robert Frost: 2022
About Emily Dickinson: Emily Dickinson was born in 1830, in the town of Amherst, Massachusetts. Though her family was well connected and though her father took active participation in both state and national politics, Dickinson seldom left her home. The number of visitors was few, but they had a huge impact on her life and her… Continue reading I Dwell in Possibility Summary and Analysis by Emily Dickinson: 2022
Setting – Obviously, the backdrop of the poem is that of the autumn season. While Keats was residing at Winchester for a few days it so happened that he went for a walk in the rural sides of the country. He much influenced by the scenic beauty of the late Autumnal aspects. This poem, written… Continue reading Summary of Ode to Autumn by John Keats: 2022
The poem Winter Landscape with Rooks is one of the typical Plath poems. In this article we have attempted Winter Landscape with Rooks analysis by Sylvia Plath. The poem with it gloomy and darkened background can hardly be studied without biographical references of the poet. The poem was written in 1956, the year she got… Continue reading Winter Landscape with Rooks Analysis by Sylvia Plath: 2022
No Man can Compass a Despair is a poem by Emily Dickinson which discusses the nature of despair. It compares a man trying to understand despair to a traveler trying to cover a goalless circular road. A line by line summary is provided followed by an analysis of the poem. Line By Line Summary The poet… Continue reading Summary and Analysis of No Man can Compass a Despair: 2022
‘A Bird Came Down The Walk’ is a poem by Emily Dickinson. In this poem, she shares her observation of a bird that had come down the walkway of her home. This poem showcases the poet’s powers of observation and juxtaposes various elements of nature. The poem consists of five stanzas of four lines each.… Continue reading A Bird Came Down The Walk Summary and Analysis by Emily Dickinson: 2022
This is a short poem of seven lines written by Walt Whitman. Despite its brevity, it makes an interesting point. However, once we move beyond the poem’s surface and examine its background, it offers us a profound view into Walt Whitman’s personal life. The first section will deal with the poem as seen from the… Continue reading Analysis and Summary of Once I Pass’d Through a Populous City: 2022
The Moon and the Yew tree is a complex poem by Sylvia Plath. In this poem, Plath (there is some disagreement on whether the work is autobiographical, although many seem to consider it so) explores her feelings towards her parents-the moon represents her mother and the Yew tree, her father. The poem is notable for… Continue reading The Moon and the Yew Tree Summary and Analysis by Sylvia Plath: 2022
Written just over a month before her death in February 1963, the Munich Mannequins was composed by Plath when she was living in London, during one of the coldest English winters on record. The setting of the poem too, is a city in winter—-Munich. Some say that she recounts her impressions of Munich from a former trip,… Continue reading The Munich Mannequins Analysis and Summary by Sylvia Plath: 2022
The circus within the ‘extravagant heart’ and of its ‘fragments’ is rooted so deep into the raveled life of Sylvia Plath, that they make their reflections almost unfathomable to her readers, often, when her imagery and conceits lack a faithful link to their purpose in the poet’s own life. Plath did not care to affix… Continue reading Circus in Three Rings Analysis by Sylvia Plath: 2022
