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Shakespeare’s influence and importance in English Literature: There is no individual writer who has wielded greater influence than Shakespeare over the English language. He constantly satirized linguistic and stylistic fashions among his contemporaries and experimented with all kinds of innovations, dialectical adaptations, and archaisms which enriched the English language. Shakespeare’s importance lies in his usage… Continue reading Shakespearean Influence in English Literature: 2022
In The Bazaars of Hyderabad: Analysis During the pre-Independence era, many writers concentrated on finding a space that was essentially Indian and that the colonial presence had not been able to enclose upon. This is what Naidu does in “In the Bazaars of Hyderabad.” Hyderabad is the city of her birth; she was very familiar… Continue reading In The Bazaars of Hyderabad: Analysis: 2022
About the poet: Sarojini Naidu (whose maiden surname was Chattopadhyay) was an Indian independence activist and poet. She is also known as The Nightingale of India. Naidu served as the first governor of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh between 1947 and 1949, and she was also the first woman to become the governor of an Indian state. She… Continue reading Stanza-wise Summary of In The Bazaars of Hyderabad by Sarojini Naidu: 2023
To Nature: Critical Analysis This poem is Coleridge’s way of offering a prayer to Nature. Like Wordsworth and some other Romantic poets as well, Coleridge sees Nature as a god. To him, the worship of Nature is much nobler than that of any organized religion. The worship of the natural world does not take the… Continue reading To Nature: Critical Analysis: 2022
In “To Nature,” Coleridge upholds the Romantic practice of worshipping Nature as an actual God. Hence, it can be considered to be the expression of one of the central tenets of the Romantic movement itself. About the Poet: Samuel Taylor Coleridge was an English poet, literary critic, and philosopher. Along with his friend William Wordsworth, he was… Continue reading To Nature: Summary: 2022
Critical Analysis of Follower: This poem is certainly a personal reminiscence, but it represents a cultural memory as well. In the Ireland that has become fully industrialized, farming is discounted as a non-sustainable way of life. However, Heaney revisits the pre-industrial past of Ireland in this poem. He shows how Ireland has survived for generations… Continue reading Analysis, Central Idea and Theme of Follower: 2022
About the poet: Seamus Justin Heaney was an Irish poet, playwright, translator, and lecturer. He received the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature. Heaney was a professor at Harvard from 1981 to 1997 and also its Poet in Residence from 1988 to 2006. Between 1989 and 1994, he was also the Professor of Poetry at Oxford and, in 1996, was made a Commandeur de l’Ordre des Arts… Continue reading Summary of Follower by Seamus Heaney: 2022
Critical Analysis of Even Past Fifty: It is well known that Shanta Shelke has often written about the lives of Indian women. If the protagonist of “Even Past Fifty” is seen to be a representative of all middle-aged Indian women (as we have previously said), then this poem is both a praise and a critique… Continue reading Analysis, Central Idea and Theme of Even Past Fifty: 2022
“Even Past Fifty” by Shanta Shelke was a part of her collection of poetry entitled Gondan (Marathi for “tattooing”), which was published in the year 1975. This poem was originally written in Marathi, and it was translated into English by the noted Indian author Vilas Sarang. This poem is written in the first person. Hence,… Continue reading Summary of Even Past Fifty by Shanta Shelke: 2022
INTRODUCTION TO SYLVIA PLATH- Sylvia Plath is regarded as one of the greatest American poet. Plath was born in Boston, in the year 1932 and her life took an abrupt change after the death of her father in 1940. Plath is known for her brutal works that revolve around the genres of death, mental illness and… Continue reading Summary and Analysis of The Arrival of The Bee Box by Sylvia Plath: 2022
