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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was an imperious figure in the cultural life of nineteenth-century America. Born in Portland, Maine in 1807, he became a national literary character by the 1850s and a world-famous personality by the time of his death in 1882. He was a traveler, a…
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Summary and Meaning of Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers by Adrienne Rich
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One of America’s leading public philosophers, Adrienne Rich, was a poet, essayist, and feminist.…
Summary and Meaning of A Thing of Beauty by Keats
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John Keats, one of the supreme English poets and a major figure in the Romantic Movement, was born…
Stanza-wise Summary of The Night of the Scorpion by Nissim Ezekiel
Stanza wise summary of The Night of the Scorpion:
First stanza:
The poem starts with the reminiscence of a…
Stanza-wise Summary of The Last Ride Together by Browning
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Robert Browning (1812-1889) was born at Camberwell to a banker father. He was not taught in a very…
Summary and Analysis of Wining and Dining by Amanda Lukas
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Amanda Lukas is an American poet who writes beautiful poems on the relationship, romance,…
Line by Line Summary of Keeping Quiet by Pablo Neruda
Keeping Quiet is an eloquent piece on peace, humanity, and brotherhood by Pablo Neruda which is as…
Summary of A Bright Morning by Teddy Temple
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Born in the port city of Kisumu, Teddy Temple lives in Nairobi and is still continuing with his…
Summary and Analysis of By Candlelight by Sylvia Plath
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Sylvia Plath is one of the most admired poets of the twentieth century, who had established this…
Summary of The Professor by Nissim Ezekiel
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Nissim Ezekiel is known as the father of post-independence Indian-English verse. He is the one who…
Line by Line Summary of Mending Wall by Robert Frost
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Robert Frost was born on 26th March 1874, in San Francisco After the death of his father from…
Summary of Enterprise by Nissim Ezekiel
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Nissim Ezekiel is known as the father of post-independence Indian-English verse. He is the one who…
Summary and Analysis of On the Grasshopper and Cricket by Keats
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John Keats (1795–1821) was one of the leading figures in the second- generation Romantic poets.…
Summary of A Small pain in my Chest by Michael Mack
Stanza-wise Summary of A Small pain in my Chest:
1st stanza:
The narrator sees a soldier sitting ‘calmly’…