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The poet laureate who launched the romantic age in Britain with themes of nature in his poetry, William Wordsworth’s To the Cuckoo, is a classic example of his style of poetry. We have given here, To The Cuckoo: Analysis. To The Cuckoo: Analysis Consisting of 8 quatrains, this poem is directly addressed to the cuckoo… Continue reading To the Cuckoo: Analysis
A quatrain consisting of eight stanzas, To the Cuckoo is a lyrical pastoral poem with elaborate stanzaic formations. Hence, it can be called an ode to the Cuckoo bird. The poet has directly addressed this poem to the cuckoo and expresses his love, devotion, and yearning to visually glimpse the cuckoo throughout the poem. Here… Continue reading To the Cuckoo: Summary 2022
About the Poet: Robert Hayden, born in 1913asAsa Bundy Sheffey, was an American poet, essayist and educator who served as Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1976–78, a role today known as US Poet Laureate. He was the first African-American writer to hold the office. Hayden studied poetry at the University of Michigan, and went on to… Continue reading Those Winter Sundays Summary by Robert Hayden
About the Poet:Frederick Morgan, born on April 25, 1922 was a founder and for 55 years the editor of The Hudson Review, one of the nation’s most prestigious literary journals, and the author of more than a dozen books of poetry. Fred Morgan was one of the great editors of American letters said who had… Continue reading The Masters Summary by Frederick Morgan
About the Poet: Sujata Bhatt (born 6 May 1956) is an Indian poet, born in Ahmedabad. Bhatt has been recognized as a distinctive voice in contemporary poetry.She has an MFA from the University of Iowa, and for a time was writer-in-residence at the University Of Victoria, Canada. She received the Commonwealth Poetry Prize (Asia) and the Alice Hunt Bartlett Award for… Continue reading The Himalayas Summary by Sujata Bhatt
About the Poet: Thomas Stearns Eliot better known as T. S. Eliot was an essayist, publisher, playwright, literary and social critic, and one of the twentieth century’s major poets. T S Eliot was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on September 26, 1888, and died on 4 January 1965. As a poet, he altered his affinity… Continue reading Skimbleshanks: The Railway Cat Summary by T. S. Eliot
About the Poet: Gabriel Imomotimi Gbaingbain Okara (born April 21, 1921, in Bumodi, Nigeria) is a Nigerian poet and novelist who may be pronounced as highly original and uninfluenced by other poets. He has been extremely successful in apprehending the moods, sights, and sounds of Africa. His poems show great sensitivity, perceptive judgments, and tremendous… Continue reading Once Upon a Time: Summary
“If You Forget Me” by Pablo Neruda has been translated from Spanish. It was originally titled as ‘Si Tu Me Olvidas’ and belongs to the “Captain Verses” collection. This poem is often mistaken as a love poem dedicated to his wife Matilde. However, the poems contained in “Cien Sonetos de Amor” (100 Love Sonnets) were… Continue reading Summary and Analysis of If You Forget Me by Pablo Neruda
