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Critical Analysis of The Inchcape Rock: Inchcape rock is a story of a rock that turns the plot altogether. It deals with the tying of the bell by Abot of Aberbrothok along with cutting of the bell by Sir Ralph who then is victimised by his own bad deeds. It shows the humanity between two persons. Thus are deeds in our… Continue reading Analysis, Central Idea and Theme of The Inchcape Rock: 2022
Mending Wall: Analysis Most of Frost’s poems are simple at the surface and have a deeper layer of meaning beneath. “Mending Wall” is no exception. While the poet seems to be relating a simple tale of rebuilding a broken wall between the lands of two farmers, he is talking about a much larger and more… Continue reading Mending Wall: Analysis: 2022
The Echoing Green: Analysis This poem can be interpreted in many ways. The first interpretation relies on the fact that this poem was included in Blake’s poetry collection known as The Songs of Innocence. Hence it should not surprise us that the green is a metaphor for innocence. Children play here in the lap of… Continue reading The Echoing Green: 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
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: 2022
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 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
