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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

About the Author: William Wordsworth was born in 7th April 1770 in Cockermouth, Cumberland, which is a part of the scenic region in north-western England known as the Lake District. He was the second of the five children of John Wordsworth and Ann Cookson.  He was very close to his sister, Dorothy Wordsworth, who was… Continue reading ANALYSIS OF STRANGE FITS OF PASSION HAVE I KNOWN

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

William Blake is considered as the earliest poet of the “Romantic movement”, the characteristic features of which were predominant in the poetry that was penned during the 19th century. Although much greater recognition is given to poets like Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, Keats for setting the Romantic trends in the history of English literature, one cannot… Continue reading The Chimney Sweeper: Songs of Experience Analysis and Summary

Taking its cue from Homer’s epic Iliad, the analysis of The Shield of Achilles conjures an image of a meditative poem which seeks to draw a comment on how brutal and violent the world is. The poem begins with an unknown woman looking over the shoulder of another man whose identity is also unknown and is only… Continue reading The Shield of Achilles Analysis by W.H. Auden

Infant Joy is taken from the collection of Songs of Innocence, and thus one can find the elements of innocence and carefree hovering in the poem. Before we adapt a critical analysis of the poem, we should know something about Blake’s theory of poetry and his religious views. This is help in better understanding of… Continue reading Infant Joy Analysis by William Blake