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Small Pain in My Chest by Michael Mack was read over to 5000 people, at the funeral of the first Blackhawk helicopter pilot, who was shot down in Iraq. It is also read at the Vietnam Veterans meetings. The poem shows the pain suffered by the soldiers in a war. It also portrays the human… Continue reading Analysis of Small Pain in My Chest by Michael Mack

The title of A Psalm of Life is an appropriate one. A psalm is an invocation to mankind to follow the path of the righteousness. Here, the speaker advises people to be heroes in their lives. He asks them to lie in the present, without thinking about the past or the future. A poem teaching… Continue reading Analysis of A Psalm of Life by H.W Longfellow

Robert Southey’s The Inchcape Rock is based on the legendary story of a reef off the east coast of Scotland. STYLE: The Inchcape Rock is written in the form of a ballad interwoven with a number of poetical devices to convey a moral lesson- ‘As you sow, so shall you reap.’ A ballad is a… Continue reading Analysis of The Inchcape Rock by Robert Southey

I Believe is a poem by a Garo poet, Brucellish K Sangma. It is a translation from the original Garo poem, Anga Bebera’a into English by the same poet. She is one of the eminent poets among the Garo women poets. She often translates her own poems from one language to another. Suggested Reading: Detailed… Continue reading Analysis of I Believe by Brucellish K Sangma

Small Pain in My Chest by Michael Mack was read over to 5000 people, at the funeral of the first Blackhawk helicopter pilot, who was shot down in Iraq. It is also read at the Vietnam Veterans meetings. The poem shows the pain suffered by the soldiers in a war. It also portrays the human… Continue reading Summary of Small Pain in My Chest by Michael Mack

Inchcape Rock is a popular poem by Robert Southey about the Inchcape Rock Legend, a reef which is situated in the North Sea, close to the coastal region of Angus in Scotland. The Inchcape Rock is known for its infamy as causation for shipwreck. This poem by Robert Southey revolves around the famous folktale of… Continue reading Summary of The Inchcape Rock by Robert Southey

About the poet: Brucellish K Sangma is a Garo poet. Hence she hails from the state of Meghalaya in north-eastern India. She is one of the most eminent among Garo women poets. Not much is known about her. The “K” in Sangma’s name stands for Koksi, her clan name, and it suggests that she is quite proud… Continue reading Summary of I Believe by Brucellish K Sangma

A Psalm of Life, a lyric of religious emotion was published in October of 1838. This poem is taken from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s first volume of poems. A ‘psalm’ is a sacred song, an invocation to mankind to follow the path of righteousness. A Psalm of Life is a blow to the pessimistic attitude of… Continue reading Summary of A Psalm Of Life by H.W Longfellow

The Professor is noted for its expression of the Indian attitude. Indians are proud of their proficiency in English but they are never bothered about the fact that their Indian English is far from the Native English.     STYLE AND FORM: The Professor is both a conversational poem as well as a satirical poem.… Continue reading Analysis of The Professor by Nissim Ezekiel

The Professor by Nissim Ezekiel is a satirical poem written in the form of a conversation between a professor and his student. A satire is way of criticizing a person, an idea or something where the poet uses humour to point out their faults and weaknesses. Here, the professor makes fun of himself by the… Continue reading Summary of The Professor by Nissim Ezekiel