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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

Anne Bradstreet was one of the most prominent English poets of North America. She was also the first female writers from the British North American colonies whose works got published. She was a prominent Puritan, and it is very well seen in her poems. Here, I am going to analyse the poem “Flesh and Spirit”… Continue reading Flesh and Spirit Summary by Anne Bradstreet

This poem analysis of Alfred Lord Tennyson’s ‘Home they brought her Warrior Dead’ is divided into three parts – context, rhyme scheme and rhetorical devices, and contrasts. Context: The first part of the poem explanation focuses on the context in which ‘Home they brought her Warrior Dead’ was published. This short lyric was published in… Continue reading Analysis of Home they brought her Warrior Dead by Alfred Lord Tennyson

This poem summary focuses on the lyrical poem ‘Home they brought her Warrior Dead’ by Alfred Lord Tennyson. This poem is made up of four stanzas, each consisting of four lines each. The whole poem is written in third person with the narrator describing a particular incident. The incident in question is a recently-widowed woman’s… Continue reading Summary of Home they brought her Warrior Dead by Alfred Lord Tennyson

This poem analysis of Alfred Lord Tennyson’s ‘Guinevere’ is divided into three parts – context, rhyme scheme and poetic style, and deeper meaning. Context: The first part of the poem explanation focuses on the context in which ‘Guinevere’ was published. It was published in 1859, along with ‘Enid’, ‘Vivien’ and ‘Elaine’, as part of the… Continue reading Analysis of Guinevere by Alfred Lord Tennyson

This poem summary focuses on the long narrative poem ‘Guinevere’ by Alfred Lord Tennyson. This poem tells the story of Queen Guinevere, the consort of King Arthur. King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table are the most important characters of English legend, and their time is portrayed as the golden age of England’s… Continue reading Summary of Guinevere by Alfred Lord Tennyson