To Sleep: Summary
“To Sleep” is a direct address by the poet, Wordsworth, to the sleep that often eludes him. It sounds as if it is coming from an insomniac who knows the …
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Stolen Boat by William Wordsworth Summary
ABOUT THE POET: William Wordsworth (1770-1850) is one of the stalwarts of the English Literature canon. He precipitated the Romantic Movement along with fellow poet Coleridge. Their joint venture, ‘Lyrical Ballads’ …
Stolen Boat by William Wordsworth Analysis
CRITICAL ANALYSIS- This poem has the potential to be read on various levels. To each of us, the poem reads differently. Few of the levels, however, are the most important and …
To the Cuckoo: Analysis
The poet laureate who launched the romantic age in Britain with themes of nature in his poetry, William Wordsworth’s To the Cuckoo, is a classic example of his style of …
To the Cuckoo: Summary
A quatrain consisting of eight stanzas, To the Cuckoo, is a lyrical pastoral poem with elaborate stanzaic formations. Hence, it can be called an ode to the Cuckoo bird. The …