“Prospice” by Robert Browning—Summary and Critical Analysis
“Prospice” is an optimistic poem of Robert Browning. It is a dramatic monologue expressing the poet's courage, hope and determination. It was composed after the death of Mrs. Browning and was first published in 1864 in Dramatic Personae.
Read more“Dover Beach”— Summary and critical appreciation
"Dover Beach" is a representative poem of Arnold. It was published in 1887. This poem is a sad musing on the life of the Victorian Age marked throughout by the prominence of the spirit of inquiry and criticism, by scepticism and religious uncertainty, and by spiritual struggle and unrest.
Read more“An Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”— Summary and Critical Analysis
‘An Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard' was published in 1751. It brought Gray into lime light and his genius was recognized. Its success was instantaneous and overwhelming. A dignified elegy in classical diction celebrating the graves of humble and unknown villagers was, in itself, such a novelty that all paid attention to it.
Read moreOde on A Grecian Urn— Keats’ Philosophy and Medievalism
In this great ode, Keats presents an ideal philosophy of beauty based on truth. The urn represents it. The urn has a Grecian shape. It attracts the poet very much. It presents two lively pictures engraved on the urn. The pictures have the blessing of eternity.
Read moreLove, Marriage and Woman in Tennyson’s Poetry
Tennyson is also a great love-poet, and his treatment of love is unique in many ways. He is primarily and mainly a poet of conjugal love.
Read moreWilliam Blake’s Poem London | Summary and Critical Analysis
In London, Blake gives his own view of life that "charter'd liberty" on which his countrymen prided themselves. He thus exposes the ugly facts of society.
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