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Ezra Pound, in his poem, explains the importance of free verse. “A girl” explains the feelings of a girl suffering from Apollo. The poet says that the girl is someone who is special and should be proud of that instead of being ashamed. If God has made her this special way, this means that she… Continue reading A Girl: Analysis: 2023
About the Poet: Dilip Purushottam Chitre was one of the foremost Indian writers and critics of post-Independence India. Apart from being a writer, he was also a painter and a filmmaker. He graduated from the University of Bombay in 1959. He won the Sahitya Akademi Award (1994) for his Marathi book of poems Ekun Kavita. Father… Continue reading Father Returning Home: Summary and Analysis: 2022
ABOUT ELIZABETH BISHOP: Elizabeth Bishop (1911) was an American poet and short-story writer. The Pulitzer Prize, The National Book Award and a recipient of Neustadt International for Literature added to her feathers in the cap.She earned a bachelor’s degree from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1934. For a major American poet, Bishop published… Continue reading Summary and Analysis of Sonnet (1928) by Elizabeth Bishop: 2022
About Edwin Arlington Robinson: “Edwin Arlington Robinson is poetry. I can think of no other living writer who has so consistently dedicated his life to his work,” declared Amy Lowell in the New York Times Book Review; and nothing could be truer. E.A. Robinson dedicated his entire life to poems, pursuing the art single-mindedly. Born in… Continue reading Inferential Summary and Analysis by E.A. Robinson: 2022
About Carl Sandburg: “Trying to write briefly about Carl Sandburg is like trying to picture the Grand Canyon in one black and white snapshot.” Truer words than these cannot be found when it’s about Carl Sandburg. He is a versatile man with his foot in poetry, history, biography, fiction and music. He won three Pulitzer prizes… Continue reading Masses by Carl Sandburg Summary and Analysis: 2022
Edgar Allan Poe- Edgar Allan Poe, born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 19, 1809, is remembered among the first American writers who became the major figures in the world of literature. Poe’s work as an editor, a poet, and a critic had a profound impact on American and international literature. A predecessor to the “art… Continue reading The Haunted Palace Summary and Analysis by Edgar Allan Poe: 2022
The very aspect that strikes the mind of any reader, is the poet’s conclusion to the basic concept of love and the eternal beauty between two human beings banded with the one and only aspect- the ‘heart’. The poem beautifully blends itself convincing its readers to admire the beauty of two hearts conjoined into one,… Continue reading I Carry your Heart with Me Analysis by E.E.Cummings: 2022
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 First Death in Nova Scotia by Elizabeth Bishop Summary: 2022
This analysis of Elizabeth Bishop’s “First Death in Nova Scotia” is divided into three parts – context, rhyme scheme and rhetorical devices, and themes. Context: This poem was first published in 1965 as part of Elizabeth Bishop’s collection of poetry entitled Questions of Travel. It was also later included in her collection entitled The Complete… Continue reading First Death in Nova Scotia by Elizabeth Bishop Analysis: 2022
This analysis of Elizabeth Bishop’s “Chemin de fer” is divided into four sections – context, rhyme scheme and rhetorical devices, ambiguity, and deeper meaning. Context: “Chemin de fer” was first published in Bishop’s collection of poetry entitled North and South, which was published in 1946. In French, “chemin de fer” means “railroad”, and hence the… Continue reading Chemin de fer by Elizabeth Bishop Analysis: 2022
