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The Kinks were an English rock band formed in Muswell Hill, North London, by brothers Dave Davies and Ray Davies with Pete Quaife in 1963. The band, which rose to fame during the mid-1960s and were part of the British Invasion of the U.S., are renowned as one of the most important and influential rock groups of the era. Setting of the Poem, Mood: “Celluloid… Continue reading Celluloid Heroes Summary by Ray Davies
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
Context:Charles Bukowski, original name Heinrich Karl Bukowski is a poet who was associated with the dirty realism. He was a German-American novelist, poet and columnist. Bukowski’’s writings were influenced by the social, political, and economical ambience of his city of residence, Los Angeles. Most of his works addresses the poor life of the Americans, alcohol,… Continue reading Analysis of Raw With Love by Charles Buzowski
The poem “Raw With Love” has been written by Charles Buzowski, a German-American poet who was a poet, a story writer and a columnist. He has written thousands of poems and short-stories, which were later published in form of 60 books. Here, I am going to analyse one of his most popular poems: Raw… Continue reading Summary of Raw With Love by Charles Buzowski
Charles Bukowski is a German-American poet, story-writer, and columnist who had written thousands of poems and short stories in the dirty realism literary movement. His poems were later published in 60 books. Bukowski writes poems about the lives of the poor Americans, relationships, women, which are partially influenced by the socio-political environment of his resident-city… Continue reading A Smile To Remember: Analysis
One of the greatest English poets, John Keats (1795–1821) created an astonishing body of work before his early death from tuberculosis at the age of 26. Much of his poetry consists of deeply felt lyrical meditations on a variety of themes — love, death, the transience of joy, the impermanence of youth and beauty, the… Continue reading To One Who Has Been Long in City Pent Summary and Analysis
Lewis Caroll also known as Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898) is primarily famous for his work Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland published in 1865. However, there were many a publications of moderate success in his name already. He is noted for his facility at word play, logic, and fantasy. From a young age,… Continue reading Summary and Analysis of The Walrus and the Carpenter by Lewis Caroll
Kamala Das was born in Punnayurkulam, Kerala in 1934. Kamala spent several years in Calcutta, where she went to Catholic schools. She was married fairly early before she finished college. So she happens to be the only leading Indian English poet without a degree to her name. She began writing early and published her first… Continue reading Punishment in Kindergarten: Summary and Analysis
Far reaching, obscure symbolic associations are rare in Synge and in Riders his imagination works within the realm of the life and culture of the Aran people. Spending his summers in the barren landscape of Aran imbibed in Synge the strong note of fatalism which enveloped the existence of the Araners. The consequent philosophy that… Continue reading Riders to the Sea Symbolism
“The poetry of exaltation will be always the highest: but when men lose their feelings for ordinary life and cannot write poetry of ordinary things, their exalted poetry is likely to lose its strength of exaltation in the way that men cease to build beautiful churches when they have lost happiness in building shops…” So… Continue reading Riders to the Sea as a Poetic Drama
