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Your Guide to Literature
About the Poet: Robert Burns was a Scottish poet and lyricist. He is generally thought to be the national poet of Scotland because he is the most widely read among all poets who have written in the Scots language. Burns has also written in English and a light Scots dialect so that his poetry would be understood by an audience beyond… Continue reading Summary and Analysis of Address to a Haggis by Robert Burns: 2022
Critical Analysis of Women: This poem employs a strategy that is fairly common in feminist writings – that of conformity to patriarchal expectations on the surface, and of subversion to such expectations at a deeper level of meaning. Patriarchy has been defined as a system of society or government in which men hold the power… Continue reading Analysis, Central Idea and Theme of Women: 2022
Where the Mind is Without Fear: Analysis “Where the Mind is Without Fear” was written during the reign of the British in India, prior to the country gaining its independence from colonial rule. In fact, Tagore died just a few years before 1947, when India became independent. So the country that he was living in… Continue reading Where the Mind is Without Fear: Analysis: 2022
To Sleep: Analysis An address to something as mundane as sleep is an unusual subject matter for poetry. And yet, Wordsworth is able not only to compose a lyrical piece on it but also to hold his readers’ attention to the subject using his inimitable style. When he begins by describing the peaceful, pastoral scene… Continue reading To Sleep: Analysis: 2022
The Wreck of the Titanic: Analysis “The Wreck of the Titanic” is a narrative poem. In this poem, the poet tells us a story that he believes is worth telling – that of the RMS Titanic. As he’s describing the events leading from the start of its voyage to the moment at which it sinks,… Continue reading The Wreck of the Titanic: Analysis: 2022
Critical Analysis of To My Nanny: This poem describes an incident from the poet’s childhood but does not give us any exact details. It is unclear why the poet had left the house, and whether he had even told his nanny before leaving. As he describes how anxious she was for his return, his tone… Continue reading Analysis, Central Idea and Theme of To My Nanny: 2022
Critical Analysis of Oppression: Hughes is well aware of how the African American community was treated by the white majority population at the beginning of the 20th century, for he lived at the heart of the community in Harlem. This poem is thus Hughes’s way of telling his fellow African Americans not to lose hope,… Continue reading Analysis, Central Idea and Theme of Oppression: 2022
In The Bazaars of Hyderabad: Analysis During the pre-Independence era, many writers concentrated on finding a space that was essentially Indian and that the colonial presence had not been able to enclose upon. This is what Naidu does in “In the Bazaars of Hyderabad.” Hyderabad is the city of her birth; she was very familiar… Continue reading In The Bazaars of Hyderabad: Analysis: 2022
Critical Analysis of My Last Duchess: The purpose of a dramatic monologue is to reveal the true character of the speaker. That is exactly what happens in “My Last Duchess”. That the Duke is a cruel man is seen clearly through his various actions. There is no doubt that the Duke looks down upon the… Continue reading Analysis, Central Idea and Theme of My Last Duchess: 2022
Critical Analysis of Mass: This poem is the poet’s way of protesting against war. It was written in the third decade of the twentieth century, that is, during the Interwar Period. This period of human history is known as the Interwar Period because it occurred between the First World War (from 1914 to 1918) and… Continue reading Analysis, Central Idea and Theme of Mass: 2022
