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About the poet: Sarojini Naidu (whose maiden surname was Chattopadhyay) was an Indian independence activist and poet. She is also known as The Nightingale of India. Naidu served as the first governor of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh between 1947 and 1949, and she was also the first woman to become the governor of an Indian state. She… Continue reading Stanza-wise Summary of In The Bazaars of Hyderabad by Sarojini Naidu: 2023
About the poet: Robert Browning was an English poet and playwright. His mastery of dramatic verse, and in particular the dramatic monologue, made him one of the foremost Victorian poets. Browning was born on 7th May 1812 in South London. His early career began promisingly but was not a success. In 1846, Browning married the older poet Elizabeth Barrett, who was considerably better known than… Continue reading Summary of My Last Duchess by Robert Browning: 2022
About the poet: César Abraham Vallejo Mendoza was a Peruvian poet, writer, playwright, and journalist. He published only three books of poetry during his lifetime. Yet he is considered one of the greatest poetic innovators of the 20th century in any language. He was always a step ahead of the literary tendencies of the times in which he… Continue reading Stanza-wise Summary of Mass by Cesar Vallejo: 2022
About the poet: William Blake was an English painter, poet, and printmaker. Though his work went unrecognized during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age. Blake’s first collection of poems, Poetical Sketches, was printed around 1783 and in 1784, Blake composed his unfinished manuscript An Island… Continue reading Summary of The Tyger by William Blake: 2022
In “To Nature,” Coleridge upholds the Romantic practice of worshipping Nature as an actual God. Hence, it can be considered to be the expression of one of the central tenets of the Romantic movement itself. About the Poet: Samuel Taylor Coleridge was an English poet, literary critic, and philosopher. Along with his friend William Wordsworth, he was… Continue reading To Nature: Summary: 2022
About the poet: Robert Southey was an English poet of the Romantic school. He was also one of the so-called “Lake Poets“, and Poet Laureate for 30 years from 1813 to his death in 1843. Southey was a prolific letter writer, literary scholar, essay writer, historian, and biographer. His biographies include the life and works of such personalities as John Bunyan, John… Continue reading Stanza-wise Summary of The Inchcape Rock by Robert Southey: 2022
About the poet: Elizabeth Barrett Browning was one of the most prominent English poets of the Victorian period. Her poetry was widely popular in both England and the United States during her lifetime. Barrett Browning was born in Coxhoe Hall, between the villages of Coxhoe and Kelloe in County Durham, on 6th March 1806. She was the eldest of 12 children… Continue reading Line by Line Summary of If Thou Must Love by Elizabeth Barrett Browning: 2022
“I am the People, the Mob” by Carl Sandburg was published in 1916 as part of his collection of poetry entitled Chicago Poems. This poem provides almost certain foreknowledge of the poet’s later support for the Civil Rights Movement, as it speaks of his belief in the power of the common masses. About the poet:… Continue reading I am the People, the Mob: Summary: 2022
About the poet: Seamus Justin Heaney was an Irish poet, playwright, translator, and lecturer. He received the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature. Heaney was a professor at Harvard from 1981 to 1997 and also its Poet in Residence from 1988 to 2006. Between 1989 and 1994, he was also the Professor of Poetry at Oxford and, in 1996, was made a Commandeur de l’Ordre des Arts… Continue reading Summary of Follower by Seamus Heaney: 2022
About the poet: Bertolt Brecht was a German poet, playwright, and theatre director. Berliner Ensemble – the post-war theatre company – was started by Brecht and his wife, long-time collaborator and actress Helene Weigel. Brecht was born on 10th February 1898 in Augsburg, Bavaria. He was born as Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht. Brecht’s mother was a devout Protestant while his father was a Catholic (who had nevertheless been… Continue reading Summary of General, your Tank is a Powerful Vehicle by Bertolt Brecht: 2022
