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About the poet: Conceived on  June 20, 1952 , Vikram Seth is a well known Indian writer, author, travel essayist, librettist, kids’ author, biographer and memoirist. His dad, Prem Seth, was a shoe organization official and his mom, Laila Seth, served as a judge. Conceived in Kolkata, Vikram Seth’s youth was spent in the town of… Continue reading Summary of The Crocodile and the Monkey by Vikram Seth

The poet laureate who launched the romantic age in Britain with themes of nature in his poetry, William Wordsworth’s To the Cuckoo, is a classic example of his style of poetry. We have given here, To The Cuckoo: Analysis. To The Cuckoo: Analysis Consisting of 8 quatrains, this poem is directly addressed to the cuckoo… Continue reading To the Cuckoo: Analysis

A quatrain consisting of eight stanzas, To the Cuckoo is a lyrical pastoral poem with elaborate stanzaic formations. Hence, it can be called an ode to the Cuckoo bird. The poet has directly addressed this poem to the cuckoo and expresses his love, devotion, and yearning to visually glimpse the cuckoo throughout the poem. Here… Continue reading To the Cuckoo: Summary 2022

This poem summary focuses on the poem ‘Off the Ground’ by the Georgian poet Walter de la Mare. ‘Off the Ground’ is not one of his well-known poems, but is an immensely enjoyable one nonetheless for it tells a rather whimsical story. In this hundred and ten line poem, de la Mare himself is the… Continue reading Off the Ground Summary by Walter de la Mare

This poem analysis of Walter de la Mare’s ‘Off the Ground’ is divided into three parts – rhyme scheme, use of unusual language, and influence of Romanticism. Rhyme Scheme: This part of the poem explanation focuses on how de la Mare has used a simple and melodious rhyme scheme in ‘Off the Ground’. Here de… Continue reading Off the Ground Analysis by Walter de la Mare

This poem summary focuses on the poem ‘The Three Strangers’ by the Georgian poet Walter de la Mare. This poem is made up of five stanzas. Each of these stanzas is again made up of four lines. The speaker in the poem speaks in the first person, and can be equated with de la Mare… Continue reading The Three Strangers Summary by Walter de la Mare

This poem analysis of de la Mare’s ‘The Three Strangers’ is divided into three parts – context, rhyme scheme, and dream narratives. Context: ‘The Three Strangers’ was published in the year 1920 as part of the first volume of de la Mare’s collection entitled Collected Poems 1901-1918 in Two Volumes. This shows that de la… Continue reading The Three Strangers Analysis by Walter de la Mare

This poem analysis of ‘How Sleep the Brave’ is divided into three parts – context, rhyme scheme and rhetorical devices, and title. Context: ‘How Sleep the Brave’ was written in the year 1916. All students having any knowledge of modern history know that the First World War went on between 1914 and 1918. Hence, this… Continue reading How Sleep the Brave Analysis by Walter de la Mare

This poem summary focuses on the poem ‘How Sleep the Brave’ by Walter de la Mare. Unlike most other poems of de la Mare’s, the tone of this poem is not light or playful. It is both sombre and dignified. This is what makes ‘How Sleep the Brave’ a remarkable piece of work. ‘How Sleep… Continue reading How Sleep the Brave Summary by Walter de la Mare

The poem is authored by William Wordsworth who had been hailed by popular critical schools to be the usherer of English Romanticism. William Wordsworth (1770 – 1850) made his debut as a writer in 1787 when he published a sonnet in The European Magazine. The year 1793 saw the first publication of poems by Wordsworth, in… Continue reading Summary and Analysis of She Dwells Among the Untrodden Ways