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Elizabeth Bishop was born on 8th February 1911, in Worcester, Massachusetts. After her father died and her mother was put in a mental asylum when she was very young, Bishop was first sent to live with her maternal grandparents in Nova Scotia and later lived with paternal relatives in Worcester and South Boston. From 1935… Continue reading Chemin de fer by Elizabeth Bishop Summary: 2022.

Context: Dorothy Parker is a writer, critic, poet, screenwriter from America, who was famous in different countries for her screenplays and poetry. Her collection of poem has been amongst the bestsellers in America. The screenplays that she had written had won many awards. She served in the editorial board of Vanity Fair and Vogue for… Continue reading The Red Dress by Dorothy Parker Analysis: 2022

Dorothy Parker is an American poet, screenwriter, storywriter, and critic known for her eye on the 20th century urban foibles. She was a known personality in Hollywood for her screenwriting, and was awarded many awards, and was twice nominated for Annual Academy Awards. Her first collection of poetry, Enough Rope was published in 1926, and… Continue reading The Red Dress by Dorothy Parker Summary: 2022

Dorothy Parker is an American poet, screenwriter, storywriter, and critic known for her eye on the 20th century urban foibles. She was a known personality in Hollywood for her screenwriting, and was awarded many awards, and was twice nominated for Annual Academy Awards. She served in the editorial department of Vogue and Vanity Fair for… Continue reading Little Words Poem Summary by Dorothy Parker

‘Ring Out Wild Bells,’ by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, is a poem that emphasizes his popular phrase, “Old order changeth, giving place to new.” This poem of eight quatrains, i.e., each stanza consisting of four lines, is a plea for transition, for good. A part of In Memoriam, A. H. H., the title of the poem,… Continue reading Ring Out Wild Bells Summary by Alfred, Lord Tennyson

The Laughing Heart was published in 1996 by Black Sparrow Press. It was written by the poet, Charles Bukowski in Circa.1993. Henry Charles Bukowski (1920-1994) was a German –born American author and poet. He is renowned for his literature on themes of alcoholism, problems of urbanity, and frivolous relationships with women. ‘The Laughing Heart’ is… Continue reading The Laughing Heart Summary by Charles Bukowski

It addresses all of humanity in person and tries to ignite the inner vitality. It also challenges carefully crafted social and religious structures. Themes:Light and Darkness: The poem is, at its heart, optimistic and motivational. Bukowski plays with the motifs of light and dark as visual clues to represent the hardships human beings go through… Continue reading The Laughing Heart Analysis by Charles Bukowski

Context: In this poem, the poet is trying to portray her Puritan and Biblical belief about the pleasure of the body deceiving the soul from the higher pleasures of Heaven. Flesh tells her sister that the joys and luxuries of the world are luxurious and happy, and that she should also open her eyes and… Continue reading Flesh and Spirit Analysis by Anne Bradstreet

Emily Dickinson is an American poet who has written many famous English poems in her lifetime. She had spent her life in solitude, where she had no visitors to meet her, or never met anyone. She wrote many poems on nature and religion. She had written some poems to her father and sister-in law as… Continue reading Heaven is What I Cannot Reach Summary and Analysis by Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson is an American poet who spent a large portion of her life in solitude. She lived in a house where she did not let any visitors and came out to visit any. The only contact she established with anyone outside was her father and her sister-in-law. She wrote poems for them to express… Continue reading Faith is a Fine Invention: Summary and Analysis 2022