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Critical Analysis of The Tyger: It is hard to understand whether “The Tiger” is about the tiger itself or about God. The answer is not in the content of the poem but in the title of the collection from which it is derived. The tiger exemplifies experience as opposed to innocence. According to Blake, man’s… Continue reading Analysis, Central Idea and Theme of The Tyger: 2023

To Nature: Critical Analysis This poem is Coleridge’s way of offering a prayer to Nature. Like Wordsworth and some other Romantic poets as well, Coleridge sees Nature as a god. To him, the worship of Nature is much nobler than that of any organized religion. The worship of the natural world does not take the… Continue reading To Nature: Critical Analysis: 2022

Critical Analysis of The Inchcape Rock: “The Inchcape Rock” is the best-known example of a ballad. It has a relatively simple rhyme scheme consisting of rhyming couplets. It uses diction that is the slightly antiquated. For example, he uses the word “joyaunce” to describe the mood of Sir Ralph and his crew aboard the ship… Continue reading Analysis, Central Idea and Theme of The Inchcape Rock: 2022

Critical Analysis of If Thou Must Love Me: “If Thou Must Love Me” is an atypical sonnet in many ways. This is because of all its differences from the sonnets written during the period of the Renaissance. In those sonnets, the speaker was always a man. Since this sonnet is written by the poet in… Continue reading Analysis, Central Idea and Theme of If Thou Must Love Me: 2022

Critical Analysis of I am the People, the Mob: “I am the People, the Mob” is more a vision of the future than a description of the present. The poet outlines a dream of self-governance. He describes the hardships that the masses have had to bear at the hands of a powerful and corrupt few,… Continue reading Analysis, Central Idea and Theme of I am the People, the Mob: 2022

Critical Analysis of Follower: This poem is certainly a personal reminiscence, but it represents a cultural memory as well. In the Ireland that has become fully industrialized, farming is discounted as a non-sustainable way of life. However, Heaney revisits the pre-industrial past of Ireland in this poem. He shows how Ireland has survived for generations… Continue reading Analysis, Central Idea and Theme of Follower: 2022

General, your Tank is a Powerful Vehicle: Critical Analysis “General, your tank is a Powerful Vehicle” was written in the third decade of the twentieth century, during the Interwar Period. This period of human history is known as the Interwar Period because it occurred between the First World War (that stretched from 1914 to 1918)… Continue reading General, your Tank is a Powerful Vehicle: Critical Analysis: 2023

The well-known lyric, “Death the Leveller,” also known by its first line as “The Glories of our Blood and State,” appears at the very end of James Shirley’s play entitled The Contention of Ajax and Ulysses for the Armour of Achilles, which was printed in the year 1659. About the Poet: James Shirley (also spelled… Continue reading Death the Leveller: Summary and Analysis: 2023

Critical Analysis of Even Past Fifty: It is well known that Shanta Shelke has often written about the lives of Indian women. If the protagonist of “Even Past Fifty” is seen to be a representative of all middle-aged Indian women (as we have previously said), then this poem is both a praise and a critique… Continue reading Analysis, Central Idea and Theme of Even Past Fifty: 2022

Critical Analysis of Elegy for Jane: This poem reads like a eulogy that is read out at a funeral. This is most evident in the loving detail with which the poet upholds Jane’s character for his readers to see. However, it is not a eulogy. It is less formal, and the poet is alone at… Continue reading Analysis, Central Idea and Theme of Elegy for Jane: 2022