The Prologue to The Canterbury Tales As A Mirror of Fourteenth-Century English Society
The Prologue to The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer is regarded as a true mirror of fourteenth-century English society.
Read moreContribution of Chaucer to the Development of English Poetry
Chaucer was not only a poet but a soldier as well. In 1359-1360, as a soldier he served in France during the Hundred Year's War.
Read moreWilliam Blake Is A Representative Poet of the New Age
William Blake is a representative of the new age in the congenital enthusiasm of his temperament, his exquisite appreciation of beauty his passion for freedom, the largeness of his vision, the fascination
Read moreW. B. Yeats A Prominent Poet of the Modern Age
W. B. Yeats a prominent poet of the modern age harnessed his pen in the service of poetry for nearly fifty years.
Read moreSailing to Byzantium by Yeats, Summary and Critical Analysis
The poem “Sailing to Byzantium” appears in Yeats’s collection The Tower, published in 1928.
Read moreThe Wanderer by Auden, Summary and Critical Analysis
“The Wanderer” by W. H. Auden is a modern poem that draws inspiration from the Old English elegiac tradition, particularly the anonymous Anglo-Saxon poem of the same name.
Read moreThe Unknown Citizen by W.H. Auden, Summary and Critical Analysis
“The Unknown Citizen,” a lightly satirical lyric, first appeared in The Listener in August 1939 and was later reprinted in The Collected Shorter Poems (1950).
Read moreThe Second Coming by W.B. Yeats, Summary and Critical Analysis
“The Second Coming” stands among W. B. Yeats’s most powerful poems. In this work, Yeats attempts to transform his personal sense of dread into a broad historical vision.
Read moreThe Patriot by Robert Browning, Summary and Critical Appreciation
The Patriot was first published in Browning’s collection Men and Women in 1855. The poem is generally believed to have been inspired by Browning’s observation of the sudden rise and tragic downfall of leaders during Italy’s early and unsuccessful attempts to free itself from Austrian domination between 1841 and 1849.
Read morePresent in Absence by John Donne, Summary and Critical Appreciation
John Donne’s poem “A Valediction: Of Weeping”—frequently studied under the idea of being “present in absence”—is a fine example of his metaphysical style, where intense personal emotion is expressed through striking intellectual imagery.
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